Top Ten Things that Trump has done to Hurt Labor Unions (video) Courtesy of UCOMM Live

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Get to Know AFL-CIO’s Affiliates: NFL Players Association Name of Union: NFL Players Association (NFLPA) Mission: “To pay homage to our predecessors for their courage, sacrifice and vision; [to] pledge to preserve and enhance the democratic involvement of our members; [to] confirm our willingness to do whatever is necessary for the betterment of our membership—to […]

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The USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382) passed the House of Representatives late on Wednesday with a huge two-thirds majority. A bipartisan vote of this size could not have happened without your work and the work of hundreds of thousands of people just like you across the country. The message is clear. Our elected leaders must […]

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Next up in our series that takes a deeper look at each of our affiliates is the Office and Professional Employees. Name of Union: Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) Local Affiliate: OPEIU 277 Mission: “To improve the lives of working families by bringing economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our communities. Acting […]

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 U.S. Department of Labor January 21, 2020 Press Release  U.S. Department of Labor Commemorates 50 Years of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with “Protecting the American Workforce” Campaign Yearlong Efforts will Highlight OSHA Past Achievements, Current Efforts, and Future Goals WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health […]

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The holiday shopping season is well underway. Are you using your purchasing power to support good, local Wisconsin jobs by buying union-made, Wisconsin-made and American-made gifts for friends and family? At the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, they’ve recently revamped the Buy Wisconsin website. An easy to navigate site to help you find union-made and Wisconsin-made goods and […]

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A new study shows non-union jobsites have 3 times more fatalities It may not be news to those in the business, but new numbers back up what IBEW and other union construction members already know: there’s safety in a union. “New York’s Building Trades Employers Association, which represents more than 1,300 contractors in New York […]

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The United Automobile Workers (UAW) have confirmed that one of their members, Roy McCombs, has died after he was hit by a car outside of the GM facility in Tennessee on Tuesday (October 22, 2019). McCombs, who worked at the Spring Hill plant, was struck by a car at 6 AM while crossing the street […]

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A Maine-based company has been cited after a heat-related fatality in Nebraska. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Smith Mountain Investments LLC faces $18,564 in penalties after the July death, stemming from work at a jobsite in Inman, Nebraska. OSHA said an employee became ill while performing extreme physical activity […]

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AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL STATEMENT ON TRADE Without Fixes, We Must Oppose the New NAFTA September 2019 When the new NAFTA was signed, the AFL-CIO warned that we would oppose the agreement without major changes. As we said in our March 2019 Executive Council statement, the labor movement will mobilize to defeat the new NAFTA if […]

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