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As Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO,wrote in a public letter to the U.S.

Join the Wisconsin AFL-CIO Virtual Phone Bank at wisaflcio.org/mobilize as we get out the vote for union member Tricia Zunker in Wisconsin's Congressional District 7 special election on Tuesday, May 12

The people of Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District have been without a representative in Congress for months.

“For all workers, the toll of COVID-19 infections and deaths is mounting and will increase even more rapidly as workers return to work without necessary safety and health protections,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka wrote in the letter, which listed dozens of members who have died f

The national union that represents workers in meatpacking and food processing jobs, the United Food and Commercial Workers, says the administration should enact enforceable standards instead of guidance that requires protections like protective equipment, physical distancing, daily testing for wo