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Beto O'Rourke's campaign team ratifies historic union contract, the first statewide union campaign in Texas

COPE-endorsed candidate for governor Beto O’Rourke’s partnership with the labor movement in building a better Texas has added yet another dimension — ratification of a contract by his campaign staff, speaking up together through Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 277.

Beto O'Rourke's campaign team ratifies historic union contract, the first statewide union campaign in Texas

Texas AFL-CIO COPE Finalizes Nov. 8 Endorsements

  The Texas AFL-CIO COPE Board late yesterday endorsed Rochelle Garza for Attorney General, along with additional endorsements ahead of the Nov.

Texas AFL-CIO COPE Finalizes Nov. 8 Endorsements

Virtual Event: Lifting Up Women on the Shop Floor

Picture a manufacturing worker. Are you imagining a woman wielding a torch or assembling an SUV? 

The manufacturing sector provides good jobs with family-supporting wages and benefits, which do not require four-year degrees. More women should hold these jobs.

Virtual Event: Lifting Up Women on the Shop Floor

Call: Paycheck Fairness Act

Call: Paycheck Fairness Act

International Women’s Day

Women are now nearly 50% of the workforce—yet inequality in the workplace continues. Unequal pay, harassment and discrimination are just some of the abuses women face daily.

But when women stand together, they can demand equality. And a union contract delivers.

International Women’s Day