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...Chiefs of companies on the US S&P 500 index were paid three times more in 2022, earning on average $16.7mn (£13.6mn at the time), according to labour union federation AFL-CIO....
...“You can have the fanciest technology but in the end we need to make sure workers feel their companies respect their right to a collective voice,” says Feingold of the AFL-CIO....
...I’ll never forget an interview I did years ago with the late Richard Trumka, the then-president of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest labour union....
...“Joe Biden understands we need to go big, and this announcement brings us one step closer to delivering the aggressive changes we need to rebuild our country,” tweeted the AFL-CIO, the largest US trade union...
...Our person in the news is Richard Trumka, who heads up the AFL-CIO union....
...The AFL-CIO’s relationship with police unions has been an issue in the past. UAW Local 2865, a union representing California graduate students, called for the federation to cut off the police in 2015....
...Tim Burga, head of the Ohio branch of the AFL-CIO, the biggest US union organisation, said the state had been losing jobs for years, opening the door to Mr Trump in 2016....
...I mean come on — this man has a bust of César Chávez in his office and is close friends with AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka....
...The labour provisions were crucial to securing the support of labour unions like the AFL-CIO, which have traditionally opposed US trade agreements....
...Of those, 18 were based in just six “right to work” states in the Deep South, according to a new study from the AFL-CIO, America’s largest labour union....
...The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust has also been busy making use of mortgage-backed securities to help fund affordable housing projects that employ unionised construction workers....
...Darrin Kelly, president of the Allegheny County Labor Council, a local branch of the AFL-CIO labour federation, says: “I think over generations there has been a loss of message between certain Democrats...
...Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, the largest labour federation in the US, on Wednesday said he was unable to say whether the negotiations were moving in a direction that would benefit US workers because...
...The move was welcomed by Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, who called it a “major victory for working people that will improve the lives of millions of families”....
...The AFL-CIO television campaign against Mr Bera has been just one element of that....
...The left remains implacably opposed to any trade agreement — the AFL-CIO, America’s largest union, has promised to stop funding any Democrat who votes for the Pacific deal....
...For weeks, Samuel Lathem, a Baptist preacher who for more than a decade has been president of Delaware’s chapter of the AFL-CIO, the US’s largest trade union, has been fretting about job losses connected...
...Businesses throughout the “low-wage economy” would now feel extra pressure to raise pay, said Damon Silvers, the policy director for the AFL-CIO, America’s union umbrella organisation....
...The decision, announced on Thursday, follows a petition from the AFL-CIO, the largest US union federation, complaining about labour and safety standards in Bangladesh....
...“Working people will certainly organise around the 2014 elections, inspired by the promise of new leaders and new legislation,” said Karla Swift, AFL-CIO president....
...“Certainly [the accident] will factor into [US trade] decision-making,” says Celeste Drake, a trade official at the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of labour unions in the US....
...Bangladesh is struggling to avert a threatened withdrawal of US trade privileges – under the generalised system of preferences (GSP) – following a campaign by the AFL-CIO, the US trade union federation....
...The AFL-CIO labour union, urged Tribune in May not to sell to the Koch brothers, saying they had promoted “an ideological agenda” and could affect the newspapers’ reputation for independent journalism....
...The meeting will follow on the heels of one with progressive groups such as the NAACP and the National Council of la Raza, as well as the SEIU and AFL-CIO labour unions....
...The US is considering whether to withdraw trade privileges – under the generalised system of preferences (GSP) – following a campaign by the AFL-CIO, the US trade union federation....
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