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新闻 from the 中央劳动委员会 Middle Tennessee.

As the COVID-19 vaccine continues its successful rollout out and in-person gatherings with our Union family are beginning to feel safer and sa
The 188体育平台 Executive Council today elected Liz Shuler, 有远见的领袖和长期的工会主义者, to serve as president of the federation of 56 unions and 12.500万个成员. Shuler is the first woman to hold the office in the history of the labor federation. The Executive Council also elected United Steelworkers (USW) International Vice President Fred Redmond to succeed Shuler as secretary-treasurer, the first African American to hold the number two office. Tefere Gebre will continue as executive vice president, rounding out the most diverse team of officers ever to lead the 188体育平台.

下个星期, 10th annual Labor Research Action Network's virtual conference will be held, June 16th & 17th. 主题是“2020年工人教会了登录入口什么?.“每一个春天, LRAN convenes a national conference open to all scholars and campaigners involved in promoting workers' collective power.

We are excited to announce that our next Music City Construction Careers Apprenticeship Readiness Class will be held from Monday, 8月2日, 2021 -周五, 8月13日, 2021. Participants will be introduced to the Union building trades and trained in a variety of professional skills including job interviewing, 职场沟通, 工程数学, 基本的工具, ,蓝图阅读.

Next Thursday at 11:30 we are excited to host our next Virtual Labor Luncheon. We hope you can join us as we gather for fellowship and to consider the opportunities for our labor movement.

亲爱的联盟的家庭, 

As the COVID-19 vaccine continues its successful rollout out and in-person gatherings with our Union family are beginning to feel safer and safer, we are so excited to announce that planning is underway for our 第八届劳动节游行和庆祝活动, 将会举行 在人 星期六,9月4日! Further details for this celebration will be released soon! 

成为一个劳动节赞助商! 

Today’s energy infrastructure challenges are no less daunting. We must invest quickly and decisively to reduce emissions and stem climate change, 提高登录入口落后的竞争力. New infrastructure must also deliver results on social equity, 不平等, 和系统性的种族主义, 21st century crises whose solutions cannot be deferred.

In 2020, 联盟+ was able to give more than $2 million in hardship help to union members, 再加上一些年终礼物 非凡的工会成员 谁是由他们的社区提名的. 博·比特纳(Beau Bittner)就是其中一位困难津贴获得者. Bittner, 汽车工人联合会的成员, worked on the line at an automaker factory in Louisville, 肯塔基州, performing torque inspections and ensuring the quality of big-name trucks and SUVs. He comes from a long line of union members and is heavily involved in his UAW local union.

188体育平台 Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler visited Mine Workers (UMWA) members yesterday in Brookwood, 阿拉巴马州, who are striking against Warrior Met Coal in their fight for a fair contract. 除了参观罢工纠察线, Shuler spoke at a rally alongside UMWA International President Cecil Roberts and AFGE President Everett Kelly. 矿工们已经被 从4月1日开始罢工 and don’t plan on slowing down until they reach their goals of fair pay and a safer workplace.

The American Jobs Plan is not threatened by America’s labor movement. It is strengthened by us and the inclusion of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.

让登录入口澄清几点. First, the PRO Act will not “force Americans” into anything. Instead, it will give workers the choice to form a union through a free and fair election. 这不是一种权力攫取——只是职场民主.