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Steelworkers Had Hope; Then Trump Broke His Promises

25 Sep, 2020

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25 Sep, 2020

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Steelworkers Had Hope; Then Trump Broke His Promises

Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) at a steel factory in Columbus, Ohio, had hope when the Trump administration promised to protect their jobs. Fred Silvia, president of USW Local 9309, said: “Initially, we felt the tariffs were going to help us.

Steelworkers Had Hope; Then Trump Broke His Promises

How to Survive ‘Gut Punch’ of 2020? Unions!

25 Sep, 2020

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25 Sep, 2020

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How to Survive ‘Gut Punch’ of 2020? Unions!

Given the multiple crises facing American this year, 2020 has felt like “an absolute gut punch.” But organized labor was meant for difficult times like these, and by joining together with each other to weather these crises and tackle the problems that caused them, we will win.

How to Survive ‘Gut Punch’ of 2020? Unions!

Faith and Labor Movements Are Bridging Trump’s Racial Divide With Hope and Love

18 Sep, 2020

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18 Sep, 2020

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Faith and Labor Movements Are Bridging Trump’s Racial Divide With Hope and Love

This election year, America faces interlocking crises—a global health crisis, economic collapse, and systemic racism. Even as we live in fear of disease and economic ruin, we have had to watch the on-camera murders of unarmed Black people by officers who have sworn to protect and serve us.

Faith and Labor Movements Are Bridging Trump’s Racial Divide With Hope and Love

Faith and labor partnership launched on Birmingham bombing anniversary

16 Sep, 2020

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16 Sep, 2020

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Faith and labor partnership launched on Birmingham bombing anniversary

Rev. William Barber, who heads the nonprofit Repairers of the Breach and the Poor People’s Campaign, joined Richard Trumka, president of the country’s largest federation of unions, at the church to announce a formal partnership to work for social, racial and economic justice.

Faith and labor partnership launched on Birmingham bombing anniversary

Watch: NFLPA Video on Racial Justice

11 Sep, 2020

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11 Sep, 2020

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Watch: NFLPA Video on Racial Justice

As the new professional football season begins, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) released the first in a series of videos of members speaking out on racial justice. The video focuses on NFLPA members’ activism and their participation in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Watch: NFLPA Video on Racial Justice

Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put power back in workers' hands

Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put power back in workers' hands

07 Sep, 2020

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Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put power back in workers' hands

Fifty-five years ago, in a speech to the convention of the Illinois AFL-CIO, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. laid out with characteristic moral clarity the essential role of unions in American life. “The labor movement,” he explained, “was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress … [When] the wave of union organization crested over the nation, it carried to secure shores not only itself but the whole society. Civilization began to grow in the economic life of man, and a decent life with a sense of security and dignity became a reality rather than a distant dream.”

Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put power back in workers' hands