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Federation says Palzewicz will stand up for working families and protect American workers

Brookfield, WI — Tom Palzewicz, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Wisconsin’s 5th district, today announced the endorsement of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.

“Tammy Baldwin is leading the charge in Congress to keep products Made in America and Made in Wisconsin,” said Phil Neuenfeldt, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO.  “Her steadfast support of Wisconsin workers in all sectors of our economy has earned her t

The union-backed fight against making Missouri a "Right to Work" state has enlisted some star power to get its message out.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says the nation’s labor movement has come to a conclusion about President Donald Trump’s latest U.S. Supreme Court nominee: “Workers are united to defeat Kavanaugh,” he declares.

Joseph Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University, who was the Nobel laureate in economics in 2001, spoke at a talk on Monday with Damon Silvers, the director of policy and special counsel at the AFL-CIO, part of a day-long strategy session on “Bargaining for the Common Good in the World of Glo