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  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
September 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Workers Are Ready to Fight Back

Labor Day was huge—and we’re just getting started. We spent the summer fighting back for working families, and we invite you to join us. Hi John,   Wow, Workers’ Labor Day was incredible!   The labor movement and our all…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
September 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM

CALL: Reverse gutting of NIOSH, a core worker safety agency, and restore workers’ jobs!

NIOSH research centers are at risk of being closed. Unions mobilized and restored some centers, but we need your support once again to help these critical health and safety workers. Hi John,   This year the Trump administ…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Do you know where you’ll be on Labor Day?

Tomorrow, join us at a Workers’ Labor Day event near you. Hi John,   Workers’ Labor Day is TOMORROW, and we couldn’t be more excited to show the CEOs and billionaires how we fight.   Have you decided where you’ll be? A march, a rally, a …
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM

📣 Announcing tonight’s Workers’ Labor Day Activist Virtual Call speaker lineup

Join us tonight to learn about your rights, how to take action safely, and how to create or join an event and mobilize others to attend. Hi John,   On tonight’s Workers’ Labor Day Activist Virtual Call, you’ll hear from …
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM

Find a Workers’ Labor Day event near you

The labor movement and allies are hosting nearly 1,000 #WorkersDeserve events this weekend to speak out and fight back. Join us. Hi John,   At marches and rallies, picnics and parades, Labor Day is workers’ day.   It’s a peaceful celebrat…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM

Starting at 11 a.m. ET! President Liz Shuler’s 🇺🇸 State of the Unions

John, it’s almost time for our third annual State of the Unions address. Watch on aflcio.tv! Dear John,   It’s almost time for our annual State of the Unions address. Can you tune in today at 11 a.m. ET? WAT…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM

Re: JOIN THE CALL—and get ready for Workers’ Labor Day!

Workers, union supporters, activists❗Learn about our #WorkersDeserve Labor Day week of action on Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. ET. It’s time for workers to reclaim our power. Hi John,   Working people built this country, and on this …
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM

TUNE IN: 🇺🇸 State of the Unions

Please join us, John, for our third annual State of the Unions address on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 11 a.m. ET. Dear John,   Labor Day is about more than mattress sales—it’s a celebration of working people and a chance to re…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM

JOIN THE CALL—and get ready for Workers’ Labor Day!

On Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. ET, join a call with workers, unions and community allies to kick off the Week of Action leading up to Labor Day. Hi John,   This Labor Day, working people are rising up and taking our power back…and …
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Letter: VA Secretary Douglas Collins—restore veterans’ rights

John→ Will you send an email to Veterans Affairs Secretary Douglas Collins to protect veterans and VA workers? Hi John,   The Department of Veterans Affairs ripped up the union contracts of more than 400,000 VA workers across the country…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM

CALL: Restore Veterans Affairs workers’ union rights

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) just terminated 400‌,000 union contracts. There’s a bill in Congress that could help—and we have the votes to pass it. Hi John,   The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the back…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
August 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM

Show your support for striking Boeing workers!

Highly skilled Boeing workers are on strike for a fair contract. Will you support them? Hi John,   Some 3,200 IAM Union members at Boeing just went on strike, and they need your help.   Will you support their fight for a fair contract? Si…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM

On Workers’ Labor Day, join us at an event near you!

Labor Day is a celebration of workers. Find an event near you this holiday. Hi John,   At marches and rallies, picnics and parades, Labor Day is workers’ day.   It’s a celebration of our history because workers built thi…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
July 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Do you know how much the average CEO makes?

Guess how much more the nation’s top CEOs made compared to their workers last year. Hi John,   Guess how much more the nation’s top CEOs made compared to their workers last year.   Twenty times more? Fifty times more? One…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
July 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM

ACTION ALERT: We have the votes to restore federal workers’ union rights

Call your member of Congress and urge them to sign the discharge petition for the Protect America’s Workforce Act. Hi John,   President Trump signed an executive order in March that ripped the right to collectively barga…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
July 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM

SOLIDARITY ALERT: Support cargo and shipping workers on strike

Port workers in Illinois have been on strike since May, after facing dangerous conditions, a hostile work environment and intimidation. Hi John,   Port workers in Illinois need your help.   Port workers at QSL have been…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
July 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM

TOMORROW: 🚌💪 It's Better in a Union Bus Tour Official Kickoff

Our Better in a Union bus tour is officially kicking off tomorrow in Washington, D.C. at AFL-CIO HQ at 10:45 a.m. ET. Will you meet us? Hi John,   America’s unions are launching a bus tour tomorrow, and you're invited!   …
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
July 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM

SOLIDARITY ALERT: International Rescue Committee Staff Demands a Fair First Contract

While the IRC’s top executives collectively earn nearly $5 million, many of its front-line workers struggle to earn a living wage. Help them demand a fair contract. Hi John,   Every day, workers at the International Rescu…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM

URGENT: 📞 Stop this devastating budget bill before tomorrow

This budget bill represents the single biggest transfer of wealth from working people to billionaires in American history. Hi John,   Every working person in this country should be outraged.   The Senate just voted to p…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM

URGENT: $5 trillion gift to billionaires at workers’ expense

The Senate is still working on a budget that would raise costs on working people, wipe out over 1 million jobs and rip health care away from about 16 million Americans. Hi John,   The Senate is scrambling to finalize the …
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
June 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM

MAKE A CALL: Tell the Senate to say NO to Big Tech’s AI overreach

There’s nothing big and beautiful about removing worker protections that states put in place to protect workers from the dangers of AI and corporate overreach. Hi John,   As corporations speed up their use of artificial i…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
June 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM

This weekend’s military parade

It’s wrong to try and cut veterans’ benefits while spending this much on a military parade. Hi John,   President Trump’s $45 million birthday military parade is set for this weekend along the National Mall in Washington, D.C. You may hav…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
June 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM

MONDAY: Free David Huerta Day of Action

On Friday night, SEIU California President David Huerta was exercising his constitutional rights and lawfully observing immigration enforcement activity in his community when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents violently arrested him. …
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
June 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM

SOLIDARITY ALERT: Help Vox Media staff win a fair contract!

Writers at Vox Media need your help, John, to win a fair contract before their current agreement expires at 11:59 p.m. ET on June 12. Hi John,   Between 2017 and 2018, the editorial and video staff of Vox Media—the compan…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Sunday, June 8, World Pride March kickoff at the AFL-CIO 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Join AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, RWDSU-UFCW President Stuart Appelbaum, and members from UNITE HERE Local 25’s restaurant campaign, UAW’s Kennedy Center campaign, Starbucks Workers United and more. Hi John,   We thought…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
June 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM

Re: FRIDAY: Unite for Veterans, Unite for America Rally

Will we see you this Friday, John? Plus, make a call in support of veterans. Hi John,   Just a quick note about our important event in support of veterans this Friday at 2 p.m. ET. RSVP here. Veterans and military family…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
May 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM

RALLY ALERT: Unite for Veterans, Unite for America

On Friday, June 6, at 2 p.m., union veteran supporters like you, John, will be rallying on the National Mall. Hi John,   More than 1 million veterans from every corner of the labor movement are union members, and thousan…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
May 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM

REPORT: Project 2025 and DOGE effects

We put this report directly into lawmakers’ hands to demand Congress reject the DOGE-driven budget. Hi John,   This week, we delivered an AFL-CIO Department of People Who Work for a Living report to lawmakers on Capitol H…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
May 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Postponed! THURSDAY: Labor Demands Justice for Kilmar Rally ✊

We have postponed the rally to demand justice for SMART Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia and workers nationwide. Hi John,   Unfortunately, due to tomorrow’s weather forecast and concern for participants’ safety, we are postponin…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
May 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM

Tell Congress: No Cuts That Hurt Working Families, Kids and Retirees

John, please make a call to tell Congress not to cut from essential programs working families rely on. Hi John,   Right now, House leadership is pushing through a budget that would have the largest cuts in history to Medi…
  Team AFL-CIO · [email protected]
May 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM

THURSDAY: Labor Demands Justice for Kilmar Rally ✊

We know that an injury to one is an injury to all, and at 5 p.m. on Thursday, we will stand in solidarity with our immigrant brother who was illegally targeted by Donald Trump. Hi John,   We wanted to share this important event invitation…