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Labor’s victories help all New York workers!

What a year it’s been.

Working men and women all across this state are making their voices heard and seeing the results.

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AFL-CIO Endorses Joe Biden for President

We Are Proud to Endorse Joe Biden for President

The path to the presidency runs through the labor movement.

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Tell New York To Buy American!

“Buy American” has become a popular phrase across the country. But here in New York State, the labor movement has been pushing “Buy American” for several years. And now, we are closer than ever to enacting this groundbreaking legislation.

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Stand in solidarity with families going hungry by pledging to fast on August 11 and calling on the Senate to provide much needed relief for laid off workers.

Recent News

In the COVID-19 Economy, We Are Running Out of Time to Prioritize Child Care

Liz Shuler on Today, August 14 - 1:07pm

In March, working families across the country started to scramble. Our homes were transformed into makeshift classrooms, summer camps and daycare centers as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered schools and child care facilities.

Senate must pass HEROES Act for working families

Mike Williams, Florida AFL-CIO on Monday, July 27 - 12:30pm

In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a piece of legislation that would provide much-needed solutions to our current economic and public safety crisis. Unfortunately, its path forward has been uncertain. There has been no debate on the bill in the Senate, and Mitch McConnell even sent the Senate on vacation without hearing it.

The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely

CNBC on Friday, July 10 - 3:26pm

More than three years after taking office, the administration has never filled the job running the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is charged with enforcing workplace safety laws. The $560 million-a-year agency, whose estimated 2,000 inspectors performed 32,020 on-site inspections in 2018, spent months not doing any in-person inspections related to coronavirus, other than in hospitals, said Rebecca Reindel, director of occupational safety and health for the AFL-CIO.