Political Action

Image

John Yarmuth Makes Kentucky State AFL-CIO's First Website 'Wall of Fame'

Sections

Political Action

California Enacts New Laws to Protect Workers in Face of Trump Attacks

Sections

Political Action

While the Trump Administration is hellbent on ripping worker protections to shreds at the federal level, the labor movement in California spent 2017 shoring up workers’ rights here and advancing a bold agenda to counter Trump’s rollbacks and make life better for millions of Californians.

Call Your Representative to Help Save American Jobs

Sections

Political Action

The Trump administration and Republican leaders in Congress want to pay for expensive tax breaks for millionaires and big corporations by cutting vital services working people depend on like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and public education. Make a call to urge our elected leaders to reject any bill that makes drastic cuts that hurt working people to pay for wasteful tax giveaways for corporations.

Fill out the form and you’ll get a call back connecting you with your member of Congress.

AFL-CIO Joins CWA Call for $4,000 Wage Increase for Working People

Sections

Political Action

Activism email #2 -- How to be heard

Sections

Political Action

From J. Walter Cahill, IATSE Department Director, Political and Legislative & Erika Dinkel-Smith, IATSE Assistant Department Director, Political and Legislative

Sisters and Brothers —

Here Come the Republican Benefit Cuts

Sections

Political Action

First, they run up the deficit with massive tax giveaways for millionaires and Wall Street; then they use the deficit as an excuse to cut benefits for working people.

This is what the Republican tax scam is all about. Anybody who’s been paying attention should have seen this coming a mile away. The only surprising thing is that they’re not even waiting for their tax bill to run up the deficit before they start demanding benefit cuts.