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Helping Those in Need Is a ‘Labor of Love’ for Union Members in North Georgia

11 ALIVE Coverage: Labor of Love in Fairburn

06 May, 2020

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Author: Maura Sirianni

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

19 Apr, 2022

Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.

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