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加入登录入口2021年劳动节庆祝活动

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

莉兹·舒勒当选美国188体育平台主席

美国188体育平台执行委员会今天选出了莉兹·舒勒, 有远见的领袖和长期的工会主义者, 担任56个工会和12个工会联合会的主席.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, 第一位非洲裔美国人担任二把手. Tefere Gebre将继续担任执行副总裁, rounding out the most diverse team of officers ever to lead the 188体育平台.

太多美国人死于工作. 情况会变得更糟吗?

Maddin won his case, but it’s Gorsuch’s world we’re living in. 根据美国188体育平台的报告, 5,190 workers died on the job in the United States in 2016. 另一个50,000 to 60,每年有000人死于职业病, and nearly 4 million experienced work-related injuries or illnesses.

'They Want To Go A different Way': Missouri Voters Scrap ‘Right to Work’ Law

A law to free nonunion workers from paying union dues has been undone by Missouri voters, a victory for labor organizers who spent millions of dollars to organize a “no” campaign.

“It’s a clear message that they want to go a different way,” said 188体育平台 president Richard Trumka. “他们希望工人有更大的发言权.”

Trump Administration Mulls a Unilateral Tax Cut for the Rich

The Trump administration is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100 billion tax cut mainly to the wealthy, a legally tenuous maneuver that would cut capital gains taxation and fulfill a long-held ambition of many investors and conservatives.

Worker Wages Remain Stagnant as Wealthy Executives are Rolling in Cash

Congressional Republicans and President Trump continue to push their sole legislative accomplishment, 《2017年减税和就业法案, as a game-changer for average working Americans — but the benefits of that bill appear to be going mostly to the people at the top.

Actor John Goodman Joins Fight to Stop 'Right to Work' Law in Missouri

The union-backed fight against making Missouri a "Right to Work" state has enlisted some star power to get its message out.

Actor John Goodman is featured in a 30-second radio ad saying a law that will be decided by Missouri voters in the Aug. 初选会伤害中产阶级.

"The bill will not give you the right to work," Goodman says. “它被作为一种帮助密苏里工人的方式出售, but look a little deeper and you’ll see it’s all about corporate greed."

188体育平台 president: ‘Workers Are United to Defeat Kavanaugh’

188体育平台 President Richard Trumka says the nation’s labor movement has come to a conclusion about President Donald Trump’s latest U.S. Supreme Court nominee: “Workers are united to defeat Kavanaugh,” he declares.

His statement was part of a much longer July 12 speech behind closed doors to Democratic U.S. 房子的候选人. 而特拉姆卡没有引用具体案例和裁决, the federation previously compiled a string of anti-worker decisions and statements by federal appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh in his dozen years on the bench.

Stiglitz: Benefits of Multiple Layers of Financial Regulation So Much Higher Than Costs

约瑟夫•斯蒂格利茨, 哥伦比亚大学的教授, 谁是2001年的诺贝尔经济学奖得主, 他在周一与达蒙·西尔弗斯的谈话中说道, 188体育平台政策和特别顾问主任, part of a day-long strategy session on “Bargaining for the Common Good in the World of Global Finance” held by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung office in New York, 一个非营利性的德国政治基金会.

188体育平台 Chief Warns Red to Blue Candidates That Being a Democrat Isn’t Enough

House Democratic candidates in town this week for training at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington got a visit from 188体育平台 President Richard L. Trumka for some tips on how they can win back working-class voters.

“I don’t have to tell you that you can’t count on the D next to your name to gain our support,” Trumka told Democratic leadership and a room full of candidates on Red to Blue, DCCC对其最强候选人的计划.