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AFL-CIO Signals Support to Nix Senate Filibuster

AFL-CIO on Thursday called for the Senate to abolish the filibuster if it prevents Democrats from moving forward with a pro-worker agenda. “For decades, working people have paid the price for corporate-first government,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

11, Mar, 2021

Maine AFL-CIO Applauds King & Pingree for Passage of COVID Rescue Plan, Disappointed in Collins & Golden

Today, the US House voted 220-211 to pass President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan that will provide critical funding for public services, vaccinations, $1,400 stimulus checks, assistance for laid off workers, funding to guarantee pensions for one million workers, school funding, family medical

10, Mar, 2021

House Democrats Pass Bill That Would Protect Worker Organizing Efforts

"The PRO Act would protect and empower workers to exercise our freedom to organize a bargain," Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, told NPR in a recent interview. "It's a game changer.

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Biden Answers AFGE’s Call to Revoke Trump’s Anti-Worker Memo for DoD Employees

President Biden proved once again he’s a champion of his own workforce.

09, Mar, 2021

In Biden, Labor Leaders See a President Who ‘Is Not Playing’

“He got it,” Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, said of Biden.

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