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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
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, 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.

As the president of the Department for Professional Employees, 188体育平台(DPE), I lead a coalition of 24 national unions representing more than four million professionals. 通过讨价还价得到报酬, 好处, 和工作条件, 登录入口的会员创造了可持续的, 在他们的行业中支持家庭的职业. While these workplace improvements have raised standards for all professionals, employees of color tend to see some of the greatest gains from union membership.

美国.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) announcement last week that fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks or socially distance came as a great relief to millions of people who have been vaccinated. But it has also led to confusion and chaos in workplaces and other locations where vaccinated and unvaccinated people mix.

这一鲜明的例子说明了当前的美国是如何.S. 劳动法对工人不利, two experts on changing it—188体育平台 Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler and Rep. 安迪·莱文,司徒., a former top union organizer—say the Protect The Right To Organize (Pro) Act would have basically outlawed Amazon’s high-pressure tactics that defeated the union organizing drive at its big warehouse in Bessemer, 阿拉巴马州.

For months, the eyes of our nation were transfixed on a small suburb near Birmingham, 阿拉巴马州. Warehouse workers authorized the largest union election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The name of their employer is on over 5 billion packages sent annually: Amazon.

作为对警察杀害乔治·弗洛伊德的回应, 15 unions that represent law enforcement officers across the US have endorsed a blueprint for policing that includes an unprecedented shift in the way unions protect bad police officers, according to a copy of the plan obtained by 美国有线电视新闻网 ahead of its release this week.

今天早上, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten delivered an impassioned address calling for a rebirth of our American public schools this fall. She offered a plan for a safe and equitable return to in-person learning that was filled with solid proposals such as offering enriched summer school programs. “I truly believe we have a rare chance to see a renaissance in America.

Anthony Ngo, an AFSCME Local 2620 member, travels a long way to and from work but wouldn’t change it. 他在乔奇拉的山谷州立监狱工作, 加州, where he provides psychological counseling and group therapy to inmates. “It’s a great job—great pay and 好处, and I love the staff. 我的工会帮了登录入口很多,”Ngo说.

美国劳工联合会-产业工会联合会, 服务业雇员国际工会(SEIU), the Sindicato Nacional Independiente de Trabajadores de Industrias y de Servicios Movimiento 20/32 (SNITIS) and 公共 Citizen announced Monday that they have filed the first complaint under the Rapid Response Mechanism of the United States-墨西哥-Canada Agreement (USMCA) against Tridonex, an auto parts factory located in Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas, 墨西哥.