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AFL-CIO

Free trade — a litmus test for labor

Labor’s endorsements and political contributions aren’t a right. They’re an honor.

Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader calls AFL-CIO president a ‘bully’

The AFL-CIO has begun campaigning against Democrats who support Fast Track.

Trumka to Oregon’s labor movement: Organize

American labor's top official says the movement is in transition.

CEO pay continues to explode

The average S&P 500 CEO made 373 times as much as the average American worker in 2014.

Avakian urges Congress to nix TPP trade deal

Panel at AFL-CIO-sponsored event says fast track trade deal is a power grab by large corporations

Federal OSHA’s Silica Neverland

Six years after Obama took office, workers are still waiting for protection from deadly dust.

Labor ramps up fight against free trade deal

AFL-CIO is freezing all political contributions while the fast track debate is on.

Fast track fight begins

AFL-CIO launches fight against "NAFTA on steroids"

U.S. starts first-ever CAFTA enforcement action against Guatemala for labor rights

The UN has documented 30 assassinations of union members in Guatemala since 2008

A senator for the working class

In his first 6-year term, Jeff Merkley has proven to be one of organized labor’s closest allies

Staples boycott grows

Unions boycott Staples after it contracts with USPS to staff mini-post offices in stores.

OSHA silica rule: just a few more months, maybe

Exposed workers are dying, but business groups howl at the expense of prevention

Oregon retirees group stays busy, involved in community

Attendees call for expanding Social Security and establishing single payer health care

National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md., will close in April

Construction debt burdened the school, to which the AFL-CIO has been contributing $5 million a year

Working America signing up workers for health insurance

Enrollees also become members of Working America.

After years of delay, Obama DOL says home care workers will get minimum wage, overtime

A decades-old exclusion ends for nearly 2 million workers.

Homecoming for national AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler

The top labor leader is a native Oregonian.

Two Oregon schools receive $5,000 AFL-CIO ‘Adopt-A-School’ grants

Grant money will support curriculum on workers’ rights and civil rights.

A game-changing AFL-CIO convention

We want to transform our union movement into a workers’ movement.

ILWU leaves AFL-CIO

The longshore union cited jurisdictional disputes as part of the reason.