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...“There are reasons why eight of the unions ratified [the agreement],” said Greg Regan, the president of the AFL-CIO department that represents the workers’ unions....
...“Those at the top of the supply chain have incredible power and resources,” argues worker rights advocate Cathy Feingold, director of the international department at AFL-CIO, the US’s largest trade union...
...“They’ve been working nonstop trying to keep our country and our economy moving,” said Greg Regan, the president of the AFL-CIO department that represents the workers’ unions....
...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 Writers Guild of America, East, which has 7,000 members, this week called on the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest union federation, to sever ties with the International Union of Police Associations, which...
...Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest carrier, which has funnelled medical equipment to countries across Africa and Latin America, has established an air bridge to transport cold vaccines from Shenzhen in...
...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....
...William Spriggs, chief economist for the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest union federation, says one of the reasons that the black community in particular is pushing for free college tuition is that poor black...
...and Latin America....
...As Donald Trump pushes Congress to pass his trade deal with Canada and Mexico, he faces strong opposition from Richard Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO labour federation....
...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....
...Supporters of the Vermont senator called top officials of the local union represententing hospitality workers “bitches” and “evil, entitled assholes” after the union distributed a flyer warning Mr Sanders...
...Last week, Mr Mendoza lost his bid for re-election, leaving Mr Familathe and another challenger on a runoff ballot, union records show. A call to the local union office was not returned....
...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...
...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”....
...“This is an agreement that is going to hurt the American workers and their families,” Rosa Delauro, one of the TPP’s leading opponents in Congress told a rally convened by the AFL-CIO this week....
...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....
...(AFL-CIO) has vowed to make it a campaign issue....
...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 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 Transport Workers Union said Qantas had refused “point-blank” to extend negotiations....
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