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Richard Trumka: Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stood in the lobby of his tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and again made excuses for bigotry and terrorism, effectively repudiating the remarks his staff wrote a day earlier in response to the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Va.

17, Aug, 2017

Know Your Voting Rights

Important elections are coming this fall. In addition to electing the next president of the United States, we will be voting for members of Congress, and state and local leaders.

15, Sep, 2016

What It Means To Be an American

One night at his UPS job, Tefere Gebre's co-worker handed him some union material.

“He told me that I’d get health care and vacation and other benefits by filling it out. I said, ‘Are you serious?’ I thought, ‘Hmm. Everyone should have that.’”

02, Sep, 2016

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

Growing up in rural Kentucky, Augusta Thomas witnessed the extreme measures elected officials would take to prevent African-American men from voting.

24, Aug, 2016

On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power

Anniversaries can be celebratory or somber. Today we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and it is the kind of anniversary in which we hail the success of the act, while also acknowledging the deficiencies in our democracy that make the full act necessary.

23, Aug, 2016

AFL-CIO News Feed

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AFL-CIO Honors Labor Icon Dolores Huerta - Oct 28

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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Arizona IAM Members Secure New Contract With Raytheon - Oct 28

Let's Bring It Home: In the States Roundup - Oct 27

ONE WEEK until Election Day. Let’s get it done! - Oct 27

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Richard Trumka: Why I Quit Trump’s Business Council

Know Your Voting Rights

What It Means To Be an American

Today’s Photo ID Laws Are Yesterday’s Beans in a Jar

On the 51st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Now Is the Time to Restore It to Its Full Power