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Every union has a foundation story of how a few workers got together to benefit themselves, their coworkers, and their families. Union members understand democracy is about people and people power. Nothing less than democracy is on the ballot this November and that is why we are proud to support

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Wegmann Elected to Lead the Southeast Minnesota Area Labor Council (Rochester, MN) The Southeast Minnesota Area Labor Council Executive Board unanimously elected Pommella Wegmann to serve as the council’s president at its quarterly meeting on Wednesday. The Southeast Minnesota Area Labor Council

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11, May, 2018

Maria Elena Durazo on the Ballot for California State Senate

Longtime labor activist and leader Maria Elena Durazo is a familiar and beloved name to hundreds of thousands of union members and working people.

11, May, 2018

AFL-CIO Launches Study of State of Work and of Unions

Saying workers are buffeted by automation, globalization and robotics, which threaten high joblessness, and firms robbing them of bargaining power to fight back and get jobs in the looming new economy, the AFL-CIO launched a year-long study of the state of work and the state of U.S. unions.

07, May, 2018

AFL-CIO: TPP Failed Workers and Deserved to Die

The Trans-Pacific Partnership died because it ultimately failed America’s working families. Instead of addressing the economic devastation wreaked by wrong-headed trade deals, the TPP doubled down on a failed, corporate-driven ideology.

07, May, 2018

Teacher Pay Is So Low in Some U.S. School Districts That They’re Recruiting Overseas

As walkouts by teachers protesting low pay and education funding shortfalls spread across the country, the small but growing movement to recruit teachers from overseas is another sign of the difficul

03, May, 2018

We Can Expect More from Teachers When We Pay Them Like Pros

Never before has there been so much labor unrest in America’s public schools.

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