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Urgent Union Update

We’ve identified significant ways that this election will affect your union contract.
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Union Members Reacting to Trump on Overtime

Trump’s attack on overtime pay is just another way he’s siding with corporate greed over hardworking Americans. Workers see through the lies and aren’t buying his BS anymore— and we’re fighting back.
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Former President Donald Trump on Overtime

Trump wants to get rid of your overtime pay.
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NEAR YOU: 🖐 Will you join us for a volunteer event?

We know that the future of our country—and our unions—is on the line this election. That’s why working people are showing up to volunteer between now and Election Day to elect Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and other pro-labor candidates across the country. There’s a volunteer event near you. Will you sign
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AFL-CIO President: “Election is Choice Between Harris's Opportunity Economy and Trump's Unhinged Betrayal of Working People"

WASHINGTON — AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on tonight’s presidential debate: “This election is a fundamental choice between the Vice President, a principled, tough fighter who’ll work to create opportunity for all of us, and Donald Trump, an unhinged serial union buster
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AFL-CIO State of the Unions 2024

The labor movement is a force to be reckoned with. Join the AFL-CIO to celebrate the power of working people in America at the 2024 State of the Unions event. #BetterInAUnion
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AFL-CIO President Shuler: ‘The Road to the White House Runs Through America’s Union Halls’

In her second annual Labor Day speech, President Shuler highlighted the crucial role that the labor movement is playing in electing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Washington, D.C.—As Labor Day and the final sprint to November approaches, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler outlined the strides America’s unions
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AFL-CIO on Kamala Harris Accepting Nomination for President: Bold Agenda ‘Ushers in a New Era of Opportunity for All Working People’

Tonight, following Vice President Kamala Harris’s acceptance of the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement: One word defined the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC): union. From the union labor that made
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AFL-CIO President: Trump and Musk Are ‘Greedy Bosses Laughing at Workers on Livestream’

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s anti-worker comments during a Twitter/X Space conversation Monday night: Last night, Donald Trump yet again made it crystal clear exactly who he is: a scab who will go to any lengths to crush working people
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AFL-CIO Strongly Supports Tim Walz for Vice President

Today, following Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the AFL-CIO announced our enthusiastic support for the Harris–Walz ticket. “By selecting Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris chose a principled fighter and labor champion who will stand up for
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Labor for Harris Organizing Call

At last night’s Labor for Harris Organizing Call, we rallied for Vice President Kamala Harris, a champion for working people. We heard from inspiring union leaders and incredible workers from every sector and part of the country, and came together to do what the labor movement does best—organize! We
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Kamala Harris with union members

AFL-CIO Unanimously Endorses Kamala Harris for President

Following a vote of its Executive Council, which represents 60 unions and 12.5 million workers, today the AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 election.
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