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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has met with the head of the largest U.S. labor group, the AFL-CIO.

09, Sep, 2019

Unions Under Attack as Their Approval Ratings Soar

President Trump took to Twitter on Labor Day to attack AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, slamming him for his criticism of Trump’s trade deals.

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I Read Every 2020 Frontrunner’s Labor Platform So You Didn’t Have To

Presidential candidates are going all out to win over working-class Americans.

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AFL-CIO: Unions Aim to Roar in 2020

Despite its setbacks, or perhaps because of them, organized labor has an energy level that AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says he hasn’t seen before in his 50 years with the movement.

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Nonprofit Workers Need Unions, Too

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