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Trade

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
Worker safety

Federal OSHA’s Silica Neverland

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

Labor ramps up fight against free trade deal

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

Fast track fight begins

AFL-CIO launches fight against "NAFTA on steroids"
International

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
Oregon

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
Our Jobs

Staples boycott grows

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

OSHA silica rule: just a few more months, maybe

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

Oregon retirees group stays busy, involved in community

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

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
Health Care

Working America signing up workers for health insurance

Enrollees also become members of Working America.
Workers Rights

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.
People

Homecoming for national AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler

The top labor leader is a native Oregonian.
Building our communities

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

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

A game-changing AFL-CIO convention

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

ILWU leaves AFL-CIO

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

White House releases OSHA rule on silica, after two-year delay

If implemented, the proposed OSHA rule would protect 2 million exposed workers.
Comment

The union movement’s survival requires it to change

The history of the labor movement is full of the corpses of failed organizations.
Washington

Washington AFL-CIO convention: ‘Labor can’t do it alone’

Resolution calls for continued fight for new I-5 bridge with light rail
Union democracy

United Food and Commercial Workers expected to rejoin AFL-CIO in August

UFCW's return would boost AFL-CIO membership by almost 10 percent.
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