AFL-CIO
Trumka rips Senate GOP and its leader, McConnell
July 9, 2020AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has had it up to here with the U.S. Senate’s ruling Republicans and specifically with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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Latino groups, AFL-CIO hail Supreme Court’s pro-DACA decision
June 19, 2020“Trump’s 2017 decision to end DACA was cruel and wrong, and that injustice now has been undone—but only temporarily."
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Coronavirus already impacting 2020 elections; labor’s presidential forum cancelled
March 9, 2020The virus could speed the demise of Trump and hurt politicians not on board with improved Medicare for All.
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AFL-CIO to the nation: Make King’s dream America’s reality
January 17, 2020With an eye to defeating Trump labor leaders and activists gather in Washington and launch a campaign to end voter suppression and restore voting rights.
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At AFL-CIO headquarters, Brazilian unionists describe dire human rights situation there
April 30, 2019“In economics, this government is the most-extreme form of neo-liberalism and in human rights, it wants a return to the Middle Ages,” said Antonio do Lisboa.
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