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AFL-CIO: Unions Aim to Roar in 2020

Despite its setbacks, or perhaps because of them, organized labor has an energy level that AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says he hasn’t seen before in his 50 years with the movement.

Larry Hanley Was a Transformational Labor Leader. He Will Be Missed.

On May 7, while recovering from an illness, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International President Larry Hanley died suddenly.  In a brief statement, his family,

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We Need a Better NAFTA

The new NAFTA is another corporate handout. It won't stem the outsourcing of good jobs or protect the rights of working people. Tell Congress the new NAFTA isn't good enough.

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Recently introduced legislation would provide needed protections for health care and social services workers from violence on the job. Tell Congress to support an OSHA workplace violence standard.

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Labor 2 Labor Walks in NWPA ALF

This Saturday, November 2nd we are walking The NWPA ALF encourages everyone to help with the GOTV Labor Walks throughout our area. Every Vote Matters! We need to elect union-friendly candidates. Our lives and livelihood depend on it. Local elections are important! Below is the information for several Labor 2 Labor Walks in NWPA:

The NWPA ALF is asking our affiliates to help with a GOTV Labor Walk in Erie, PA;

House Dems After Meeting With Richard Trumka: No Vote On Trump's NAFTA If Worker Concerns Go Unadressed

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka met Monday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal to hash out labor’s concerns in ongoing discussions over President Donald Trump’s renegotiated NAFTA deal. Trumka also met Tuesday with the Congressional Progressive Caucus and assured members he and House leadership were now on the same page.

National Labor Leaders Bringing Message of Unity to the Border

More than a dozen national union leaders will be in El Paso this week, bringing a message of unity, support for immigrant working families and seeking knowledge about the labor situation on the border.

The Strike Is Over: UAW Members Ratify Deal With General Motors

Some 40 days after United Automobile Workers walked off the job, picketing General Motors plants and grinding operations to a halt, the labor union's members have ratified the tentative deal their representatives struck with the automaker earlier this month. The UAW announced the deal's approval after voting ended Friday.

Employees will return to work as instructed by GM.

The contract was approved by 57.2%.

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Union Plus Mortgage Company is owned by the AFL-CIO Union Privilege and a group of unions.

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Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2019

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