From the just concluded California Labor Federation Biennial Convention in Oakland, Ca.; 

Target: California Legislators

CURRENT AFL-CIO BOYCOTT LIST

When some labor disputes with businesses cannot be resolved, the AFL-CIO supports its affiliates by endorsing their boycotts. A boycott is an act of solidarity by voluntarily abstaining from the purchase or use of a product or service.

A lawsuit against the state of Alabama for blocking the city of Birmingham's minimum wage increase alleges that the state violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Fast food workers, the NAACP, Greater Birmingham Ministries and Alabama's Legislative Black Caucus are plaintiffs in the suit. Alabama is one of five states with no statewide minimum wage law. 
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 Hundreds of SEIU Local 1021 San Joaquin County workers are on an unfair labor practices strike. According to the local those labor law violations include not bargaining in good faith, refusing to meet with the union to bargain, not making labor contract proposals and withholding information the union is entitled to for bargaining. Read More...

Due to your efforts, the Los Angeles City Council overwhelmingly approved Build Better LA for this November’s ballot. Thousands of Angelenos – renters, workers, transit riders, business owners – will have the chance to vote for housing that they can afford and good, local jobs.

Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumpka:

The Supreme Court ruling is a setback for all those who have fought for more humane and rational enforcement of our nation's immigration laws. While we are deeply disappointed by the Court's failure to reach a decision, we will redouble our organizing efforts to defeat the obstructionist, anti-immigrant forces behind this lawsuit and ensure that all working people can assert their rights on the job and in the community without fear of deportation.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement in response to the release of the 2016 Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports: