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Join the Department of People Who Work for a Living

on February 5, 2025in News, Western WI Newstags: afl-cio, aflcio, billionaires, cuts, Department of Government Efficiency, Department of People Who Work for a Living, DOGE, Elon Musk, federal government, fight back, fraud, safe workplaces, working conditions, working families, working people, wwaflcio

Department of People Who Work for a Living We’ll be ensuring the federal government works for working people and isn’t destroyed by billionaires like Elon Musk. We’ll report on the facts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts and what you can do to fight back. Join the Department of People Who Work for […]

AFL-CIO President: ‘Trump’s Unprecedented Attack on Immigrant Workers and Their Families Weaken America

on January 22, 2025in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: abusive bosses, afl-cio, AFL-CIO President, aflcio, America, billionaires, birthright citizenship, corporate billionaires., country, Donald Trump, economic disaster, economy, education, Elon Musk, executive orders, extremist, family supporting jobs, fear, greedy corporations, health care, immigrant workers, injury, injury to all, labor movement, Liz Shuler, President Donald Trump, Republican, solidarity, supporting working families, trump, unconstitutional attacks, usa, worker safety, working people, workplace safety, wwaflcio

The executive orders President Donald Trump signed amount to an unprecedented attack on immigrant workers and their families that will weaken our economy and our country. While Trump and extremist Republican leaders propagate divisive rhetoric about immigrants to stoke fear, working people know that our fellow workers aren’t the problem—the real threat is billionaires like […]

Message from President Liz Shuler on Biden’s award to Trumka

on July 7, 2022in WWAFLCIO Archived Newstags: afl-cio, America, American workers, Biden, dignity, family supporting jobs, former AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, honored, joe biden, Liz Shuler, nation’s highest civilian honor, posthumously, president, Presidential Medal of Freedom, richard trumka, Shuler, thank you, tribute, trumka, union, working people, wwaflcio

• This afternoon (July 7, 2022), President Biden posthumously honored former AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor. • In awarding the medal, President Biden said: “No one did more work for American workers than he did. For Rich, his work was synonymous with the word that […]

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