Westmoreland County Labor Council

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Sad News, we lost Our Sister Maryann Melcer Galiano wife of Rick Galiano, Beaver-Lawrence CLC President

We promised to share the details when arrangements were made for our union sister Maryann Melcer Galiano and the wife of our union brother Rick Galiano.

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2020-2021 NWPA ALF Scholarship Winners Announced

First, let us thank every student who applied for our scholarships and all of our judges who reviewed the essays and helped determine our winners.

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Working people are desperate for our leaders to put partisanship aside and do what is right for our health, our economy and our country. Tell your Senator to support the HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) and provide the relief working families need.

Make Sure the Needs of Working People Are Met During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The labor movement is working nonstop to ensure workers devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic receive the protections and support needed during this challenging time. Get involved and make sure the needs of working people are heard.

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You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

Graham Trainor on Wednesday, July 8 - 1:17pm

Working people are bearing the brunt of this global pandemic and economic crisis. The physical toll, death, pain, and suffering that Oregon’s frontline and essential workers have experienced is unprecedented.

Coupled with the economic collapse that has exacerbated long-term inequities for low wage workers and BIPOC communities, workers are hurting and they need protections.

Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

Randi Weingarten on Wednesday, July 8 - 12:21pm

Daniel DiSalvo asks: “Will Unions Let Schools Reopen?” (op-ed, June 30). Of course! The AFT published our school reopening plan in April. We said it isn’t a question of whether to reopen, but how to do it safely. We need the infrastructure and investment to physically distance, stagger classes, provide personal protective equipment and test, trace and isolate new cases.

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

The New York Times on Monday, July 6 - 9:14pm

Racial disparities in who contracts the virus have played out in big cities like Milwaukee and New York, but also in smaller metropolitan areas like Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Bradleys live. Those inequities became painfully apparent when Ms. Bradley, who is Black, was wheeled through the emergency room. Early numbers had shown that Black and Latino people were being harmed by the virus at higher rates.

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

Richard Trumka on Tuesday, June 30 - 4:58pm

This month’s historic Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are protected in the workplace by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another step forward in the march for equality. While there is much to celebrate, this ruling comes as our nation is suffering from centuries-old systemic racism and grieving its latest victims. George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were killed by police officers. Twenty-five-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down on a run by two white men. We need to say their names, know their stories, and recognize why they were deprived of a full life.

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