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South Carolina’s Unions to Hold First Annual Labor Day Rally and March to Fight Back Against Attacks on Workers

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AFL-CIO Observes International Human Rights Day

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Take Action: Time is Running Out for Millions of Americans

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Biden's 'Buy American' Manufacturing Order Called 'Good First Step' by Labor

“This executive order will close loopholes that allow agencies to sidestep Buy American requirements and increase the thresholds for domestic content,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in a statement. “This order is a good first step in revitalizing U.S.

25, Jan, 2021

Workers Now Have a Fair Shot

Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the removal of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb:

21, Jan, 2021

Save Our Post Office - APWU

Throughout the pandemic, postal workers have courageously and reliably fulfilled their mission to “bind the Nation together.” From vital medicines, to ecommerce and business mail, from distant greetings to holiday gifts, from Census forms to the 65 million mail-in ballots, the Postal Service has

21, Jan, 2021

Union Family Member Aspires to Become Orthopedic Surgeon; Union Plus Scholarship Application Deadline Is Jan. 31

Makaelah Murray, a student athlete at Howard University in Washington, D.C., is among the 2020 Union Plus Scholarship winners. Murray is a biology major at Howard and a member of the women’s soccer program.

21, Jan, 2021

Trumka: 'Biden is committed' to strengthening unions

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka discusses why America needs a strong labor movement and how the Biden administration is committed to strengthening unions.

21, Jan, 2021

Biden must pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act

So America today needs more than anything solidarity and human dignity — the church's core teachings.

13, Jan, 2021