Political Action

Long Overdue DOL Rule Will Protect Retirement Investors
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement in reaction to the Department of Labor's final fiduciary ruling:

Union Effort to Create Super PAC Stalls
Battle over who would control and take credit for $50 million fund to back Democratic candidates slows its creation

President Cruz Would Silence Working People: Winners and Losers of the Week

2016 Legislative Agenda
Working People Standing Together: Union Strong
California’s economy has rebounded and many areas of the state are booming. Yet workers are not sharing in the recovery.Finding a job may not be as hard now, but finding a good job is more elusive than ever.  At a time of record prosperity, families are facing unprecedented levels of economic insecurity.

Liz Shuler Talks About the 2016 Election and Workers' Rights
In an interview with Machinists' (IAM's) Dierdre Kaniewski, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler talks to the ViewPoint host about the 2016 election, workers' rights and everything else that is at stake for the labor movement.

Wisconsin Billionaire Walker Backer John Menard Is Breaking National Labor Law At Menard's In Fourteen States

Unions Join Democracy Awakening Action April 16th-18th - A Demand That Congress Work For Us - 03-31-16
 

Warehouse Workers Can’t Take It Any More!
This week, dozens of warehouse workers from California Cartage -- a massive warehouse at the Port of Los Angeles that serves Amazon.com and other major retailers -- are on strike to protest unfair labor practices, wage theft, and unsafe working...

3-28-16 The Fight for $15 (#Fightfor15) national movement of millions of workers achieved a historic victory for underpaid Californians who will see their wages rise to $15 per hour by 2022 under an agreement announced by Governor Brown and Legislative leaders today. Read on.

Nabisco Layoffs Beginning in Chicago, Union Calls for Boycott
Mondelez International, the parent company of Nabisco began layoffs of workers in Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday in a move that will relocate 600 good-paying jobs to Mexico, where the minimum wage is barely four dollars a day. Read more, click here