AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO’s 2020 election strategy: Candidates must come to the workers
March 14, 2019With so many Democrats running for president, labor says, "Let them come to us."
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AFL-CIO backs legislation that would power up American working families
March 13, 2019The Workers Freedom to Negotiate Act would make it much easier to organize a union and bargain with employers.
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AFL-CIO: No early labor endorsement in 2020 presidential race
March 12, 2019Lee Saunders, chair of the AFL-CIO political committee, told People’s World that unions want to hear from all the candidates what they'll do for working people.
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AFL-CIO leaders say unions have a role in saving the country
March 11, 2019Union leaders meet in New Orleans this week, and Richard Trumka says labor is uniquely qualified to lead the country out of its current "dark period."
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Trumka: Record labor voter mobilization emphasizes pocketbook issues
October 31, 2018It also produced a record number of unionists running for everything from city council and county commissioner to Congress and governor.
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