The Republican tax bill would give a giant tax cut to big corporations that outsource jobs.
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017
We invite you to join us for our Third Annual Veterans Day Breakfast as we honor our military veterans, many of whom are union members. Hear first-hand accounts from our nation’s heroes, while showing our respect for their contributions to society.
We’ve been hearing reports that many are being forced to work outdoors—in areas directly affected by the fires—with no respirators or masks of any kind. Given the extremely harmful air quality caused by these catastrophic fires, such activity is completely unacceptable and likely a direct violation of an employer’s legal responsibility to protect workers from known hazards. In addition, given the unprecedented number of structures burned, the chemical makeup of this air is potentially even more harmful than that usually seen in wildfire-afflicted regions.
As a case backed by billionaires will soon be heard by the Supreme Court of the US, working people are joined by the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board in denouncing the insidious attempt to silence our voices and weaken the middle class. The case- Janus v AFSCME– claims to be about “freedom” but it’s really about a powerful anti-worker agenda that seeks to further stack the deck against everyday Americans to line the pockets of the wealthy elite.
Tesla’s recent firing spree raises more serious questions about the company’s treatment of its workers. Today at the Tesla plant in Fremont, workers, elected officials, members of community groups and many more rallied inside the showroom of the facility to ask the company to reinstate every worker who was fired without just cause in the recent round of terminations.
From AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's convention speech;
Sisters and brothers, working people need a bill of rights.
A collective bargaining agreement for America.
This will serve as a platform for our members to rally around. It will give prospective members a clear statement of our values. And it will provide political candidates and elected officials with a litmus test for our support.
[Joseph Flynn]: “No evidence supports the claim that privatizing the VA would bring veterans better care.”
AFGE national Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Flynn.
As the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico continues, working people from across the country are joining together to help with recovery and rebuilding.
On Sept. 27, the United States, Canada and Mexico finished the third round of the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation talks.
