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Economists Have the Answer to Inequality: Working People Standing Together

Economists Have the Answer to Inequality: Working People Standing Together At its core, income inequality is simply about a lack of power among the masses and an abundance of it for a few at the top. Its real-world effects are wage stagnation, less access to health care and secure retirements, and higher poverty. Throughout much of the 20th century, there wa […]

Pride Month Profiles: Mara Keisling

Pride Month Profiles: Mara Keisling Wikimedia Commons Throughout Pride Month, the AFL-CIO will be taking a look at some of the pioneers whose work sits at the intersection of the labor movement and the movement for LGBTQ equality. Our next profile is Mara Keisling. Mara Keisling is the founder and, since 2003, executive director of the National Center for Tr […]

What You Need to Know About Washington, D.C.'s Initiative 77 and the Minimum Wage

What You Need to Know About Washington, D.C.'s Initiative 77 and the Minimum Wage ROC United On Tuesday, Washington, D.C., voters will have an opportunity to vote on Initiative 77, a ballot measure supported by a wide array of progressive and labor organizations that would eliminate the subminimum wage for tipped workers and give many working families a […]

Stand with Pride: The Working People Weekly List

Stand with Pride: The Working People Weekly List AFL-CIO Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s this week’s Working People Weekly List. Pride Month Profiles: Miriam Frank: "Throughout Pride Month, the AFL-CIO will be taking a look at some of the pioneers whose work […]

AFL-CIO and ETUC Support Fair Trade Practices

AFL-CIO and ETUC Support Fair Trade Practices AFL-CIO and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) issued a joint statement today on trade and multilateralism: The working people of the United States and Europe have been harmed by unfair trade practices, including China’s deliberate overproduction of steel and aluminum, intellectual property theft, forc […]

Pride Month Profiles: Miriam Frank

Pride Month Profiles: Miriam Frank NYU Bookstore Throughout Pride Month, the AFL-CIO will be taking a look at some of the pioneers whose work sits at the intersection of the labor movement and the movement for LGBTQ equality. Our next profile is Miriam Frank. Miriam Frank began her career as a professor in Detroit who launched women's studies at the com […]

Union Veterans & Labor Volunteers Team Up With Community to Restore Interior of American Legion

Union Veterans & Labor Volunteers Team Up With Community to Restore Interior of American Legion Milwaukee Area Labor Council Nearly 100 union volunteers spent their Saturday painting the interior of an American Legion Post. The effort, led by the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, Union Veterans Committee and the Community Service Liaison, began after legionn […]

Fun Ethical Essentials for Father’s Day

Fun Ethical Essentials for Father’s Day AFL-CIO There is no instruction manual for actually becoming a parent, but we know a thing or two about the kinds of things that dads are into. With Father’s Day coming up fast, Labor 411 has a few suggestions for your Dad Essentials Kit. These items work equally well for new fathers and for the men who have had years […]

Worker and Consumer Groups to Santander: You’re On Notice

Worker and Consumer Groups to Santander: You’re On Notice AFL-CIO The Texas heat would not be enough to deter a powerful and broad coalition of consumer groups, unions and international representatives with the UNI Global Finance Union from delivering a powerful message to Santander Consumer USA at their annual shareholders meeting: Listen to your workers an […]

ITUC Report: Democratic Space for Working People Is Shrinking

ITUC Report: Democratic Space for Working People Is Shrinking A new report from the International Trade Union Confederation concludes that the world is seeing shrinking democratic space for working people and unchecked corporate greed on the rise. The 2018 ITUC Global Rights Index documents violations of internationally recognized collective labor rights by […]

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