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Texas AFL-CIO Calls on All Texas Members of Congress to Support the Protect America’s Workforce Act

30 Sep, 2025

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Texas AFL-CIO COPE Endorses Union Member Taylor Rehmet for SD 9 Special Election

03 Aug, 2025

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Texas AFL-CIO in Full Solidarity with Texas House Democrats Blocking Vote on Redistricting Scheme

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08 Jul, 2020

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08 Jul, 2020

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America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

08 Jul, 2020

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08 Jul, 2020

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You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

Working people are bearing the brunt of this global pandemic and economic crisis. The physical toll, death, pain, and suffering that Oregon’s frontline and essential workers have experienced is unprecedented.

You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

08 Jul, 2020

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08 Jul, 2020

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Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

Daniel DiSalvo asks: “Will Unions Let Schools Reopen?” (op-ed, June 30). Of course! The AFT published our school reopening plan in April.

Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

06 Jul, 2020

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06 Jul, 2020

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The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

Racial disparities in who contracts the virus have played out in big cities like Milwaukee and New York, but also in smaller metropolitan areas like Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Bradleys live. Those inequities became painfully apparent when Ms.

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

30 Jun, 2020

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30 Jun, 2020

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Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

This month’s historic Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are protected in the workplace by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another step forward in the march for equality.

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

24 Jun, 2020

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24 Jun, 2020

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What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Race-neutral policies simply will not address the depth of disadvantage faced by people this country once believed were chattel. Financial restitution cannot end racism, of course, but it can certainly mitigate racism’s most devastating effects.

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality