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Join the PRO Act Week of Action

on July 23, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: action, afl-cio, human rights, PRO Act)

This week (week ending July 24, 2021), the AFL-CIO and our allies are engaging in a nationwide PRO Act week of action, with a focus on in-person rallies at state offices of all 100 U.S. Senators. Find an event here and spread the word as we make our voices heard across America. You can search […]

The Senate Cannot Be the Graveyard for Labor Law Reform Again

on June 7, 2021in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, Amazon, America’s labor federation, benefits, collective bargaining, family-sustaining wages, filibuster, H.R.842 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, HR 842, hyperpartisan, Jeff Merkley, Mitch McConnell, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Oregon, PRO Act), pro-worker, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, richard trumka, safe workplaces, unions, US Senator, Workers First Agenda, wwaflcio

By Richard Trumka & US Senator Jeff Merkley For months, the eyes of our nation were transfixed on a small suburb near Birmingham, Alabama Warehouse workers authorized the largest union election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The name of their employer is on over 5 billion […]

Biden launching pro-union task force

on June 7, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, joe biden, joe biden 2020, labor, Labor Unions, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, PRO Act), Protecting the Right to Organize Act, unions, wwaflcio

President Joe Biden signed an executive creating a task force that would aim to make it easier for workers to unionize. The team will examine existing policies and issue a series of recommendations within 180 days on how they can be leveraged to “promote worker organizing and collective bargaining in the federal government.” Biden will […]

Amazon won the Alabama union fight. But don’t mourn – organize

on April 19, 2021in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, Amazon, comment, E-commerce, green eggs and ham, Jeff Bezos, President Biden, PRO Act), pro-labor groups, Protecting the Right to Organize Act, Retail industry, rwdsu, tiktok, union busting, US politics, wwaflcio

By Indigo Olivier The entire country has just seen the lengths corporations will go to prevent workers from unionizing. ‘More than anything, this defeat stressed the importance of passing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) which would ban captive audience meetings, severely limit corporate interference, invalidate right-to-work legislation and strengthen collective bargaining […]