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National Apprenticeship Week 2023
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on what the labor movement already knows -- registered apprenticeships are valuable and are a path to good union jobs. Apprenticeships aren’t just about lifting up one worker. They’re a path to a career and financial stability that lifts entire communities. Unions continue to make sure every single one of those jobs is a good job.
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CEOs are rushing to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their businesses while worker wages fall behind.
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The 2023 edition of the Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect report shows how too many workers remain at serious risk of workplace injury, illness and death.
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November 17, 2023
Throughout Native American Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Native Americans have made to the labor movement and toward expanding the rights of working people. Today's profile features Eric Moore of IATSE.
November 17, 2023
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joined workers on the picket line at MotorCity Casino Hotel on Wednesday night for a rally as they continue their negotiations with management of the three casinos in Detroit. Unions participating in the strike include UNITE HERE Local 24, UAW Local 7777, Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 324, the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Teamsters Local 1038. The negotiations are reportedly boiling down to core issues, and hundreds of workers joined the rally.
November 15, 2023
Throughout Native American Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Native Americans have made to the labor movement and toward expanding the rights of working people. Today's profile features Russell Denny of the United Steelworkers (USW).