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All Groups... biden_for_president.jpeg We Are Proud to Endorse Joe Biden for President The path to the presidency runs through the labor movement. Workers First Caravan Video Thumbnail Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice Thousands of working people across the country joined together on June 17 in a national day of action. We called for the Senate to pass the HEROES Act and for Congress to take actions to address structural racism. The HEROES Act is grounded in America’s Five Economic Essentials that are desperately needed to keep working people safe and financially secure. This day of action was just the beginning. Today and every day that follows, working people will mobilize like never before to make the HEROES Act the law of the land and rid our institutions of systemic racism. rlt_flags_15.jpg The House Must Stand Up for Labor Support for the labor movement is the highest in nearly half a century, yet only one in 10 workers are members of unions today. How can both be true? ehs-quote_010720.png Ivanka Trump's Future of Work Isn't for Workers I vanka Trump took the stage at CES on Tuesday to muted reception. Forty minutes later, she left to robust applause. Read the Report Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2019 PowerTools A resource for union members and organizers. Defend and Resist A toolkit for organizers and advocates on workplace raids and audits. Common Sense Economics How much do you know? Recent News The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely By CNBC on Friday, July 10 - 3:26pm More than three years after taking office, the administration has never filled the job running the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is charged with enforcing workplace safety laws. The $560 million-a-year agency, whose estimated 2,000 inspectors performed 32,020 on-site inspections in 2018, spent months not doing any in-person inspections related to coronavirus, other than in hospitals, said Rebecca Reindel, director of occupational safety and health for the AFL-CIO. Read more about The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again. By Washington Post on Wednesday, July 8 - 11:21pm America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again. Read more about America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again. You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes By Graham Trainor on Wednesday, July 8 - 1:17pm Working people are bearing the brunt of this global pandemic and economic crisis. The physical toll, death, pain, and suffering that Oregon’s frontline and essential workers have experienced is unprecedented. Coupled with the economic collapse that has exacerbated long-term inequities for low wage workers and BIPOC communities, workers are hurting and they need protections. Read more about You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen By Randi Weingarten on Wednesday, July 8 - 12:21pm Daniel DiSalvo asks: “ Will Unions Let Schools Reopen? ” (op-ed, June 30). Of course! The AFT published our school reopening plan in April. We said it isn’t a question of whether to reopen, but how to do it safely. We need the infrastructure and investment to physically distance, stagger classes, provide personal protective equipment and test, trace and isolate new cases. Read more about Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen See all AFL-CIO Blog Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council Fights for Workplace Safety Enforcement — Jul 23 Service + Solidarity Spotlight: San Diego’s Labor Movement Holds Food Distribution Event — Jul 22 Service + Solidarity Spotlight: IBEW Women’s Committee Raises Money for Dubuque Area Labor Harvest — Jul 21 An Unstoppable Force For Change: What Working People Are Doing This Week — Jul 20 Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Keeping Kids Safe Never Stops — Jul 20 View more Take Action Support the HEROES Act Working people are desperate for our leaders to put partisanship aside and do what is right for our health, our economy and our country. Tell your Senator to support the HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) and provide the relief working families need. 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