AFL-CIO
Manchin says he supports ProAct, but would keep filibuster
April 26, 2021Maintaining the filibuster, however, could kill the ProAct, the most serious labor law reform since passage of the Wagner Act in the 1930s.
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Trumka: Workers will not tolerate Trump trashing the Constitution
September 25, 2020In a powerful statement, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka reminds the nation that workers and their unions are critical to preserving democracy in America.
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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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