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AFL-CIO
In Memoriam
Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, dies at 72
Trumka was the fifth person to serve as president since the AFL-CIO was formed in 1955, and was the first AFL-CIO president to die in office.
Analysis
As the nation reeled, CEO pay rose
CEO pay increased an incredible $712,720 last year on average among S&P 500 companies, according to the latest annual report by the AFL-CIO.
Trade
Trump’s new NAFTA labor rules to be tested
Better than NAFTA, but how real are the labor rights provisions that were added to Trump's trade treaty with Mexico and Canada? A new filing by the national AFL-CIO aims to find out.
National
Biden’s new trade enforcers
The Biden Administration continues to name union figures to top government positions. The latest two appointments will oversee trade policy.
Worker safety
Death on the Job: The toll of neglect
For 30 years the national AFL-CIO has been reporting on workplace safety and fatalities on the job. Progress has stalled.
National
Biden calls union leaders to the White House
Continuing a string of overtures to the labor movement, Biden announced a pro-union NLRB nominee and reversed Trump moves on apprenticeship.
In Memoriam
John Sweeney, 1934-2021
Former national AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, who led an era of transformative change in America’s labor movement, died Feb. 1 at age 86.
National
Joe Biden’s promises to labor
Joe Biden is putting forward the most pro-labor campaign planks of any Democratic presidential nominee in generations.
Culture
Police unions come in for questioning
Police unions have almost always been an awkward fit in the House of Labor.
Worker safety
AFL-CIO’s OSHA suit dismissed
COVID-19 has killed more workers in a shorter time than any other health emergency in OSHA's 50-year existence, but the agency has refused to require employers to take any specific action to protect workers.
National
Labor confronts police brutality
Union members are taking part in protests, joining morning-after cleanup parties, and even walking off the job in support of Black Lives Matter.
Workers Rights
Unions react as the nation explodes in protest over George Floyd killing
"in the end, the labor movement is not a building," said the president of the AFL-CIO after protesters trashed AFL-CIO headquarters lobby in D.C.
Worker safety
AFL-CIO sues OSHA
COVID-19 has caused more deaths among workers in a shorter time than any other health emergency in OSHA's 50-year existence, yet the agency hasn’t required employers to take any action to protect people on the job.
National
U.S. House passes labor law reform
The PRO Act would restore the power of workers to unionize, bargain collectively, and strike.
Trade
AFL-CIO endorses Trump’s revised re-write of NAFTA trade treaty
For the first time in a generation, NAFTA is getting a re-write, and even America’s premier trade union federation has endorsed the final draft.
National
Trump names Eugene Scalia as his pick for new Labor Secretary
AFL-CIO blasts the choice — a former WalMart lawyer and son of union nemesis Antonin Scalia.
Union Organizing
America’s top union leader pops into Portland
National AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka was in Portland for an Organizing Summit — a training for unionists on organizing tactics, messaging around common sense economics, and how to build worker power in the wake of the Supreme Court’s anti-union Janus decision.
People
Oregon native named to top job at AFL-CIO’s Department For Professional Employees
Jennifer Dorning is the first woman to hold the post at the coalition of 24 national unions in professional, technical, and other highly skilled occupations.
National
Trump denounces America’s top labor leader … on Labor Day
The tweet was in reaction to an appearance on Fox News Sunday by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
Trade
An end to NAFTA?
A new two-nation trade deal with Mexico could take the place of the three-nation agreement known as NAFTA.
