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Workers Memorial Day: Hold the Line for Safe Jobs

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Union Families Congratulate Chris Taylor on Supreme Court Victory, Momentum Builds for Working Families in November

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Judge Chris Taylor Motivates Wisconsin Working Families During Supreme Court Debate

06 Apr, 2026

Wisconsin AFL-CIO President Stephanie Bloomingdale released the following statement on the April 2, 2026 Wisconsin Supreme Court debate between Judge Chris Taylor and Judge Maria Lazar: “Working people in Wisconsin are engaged and ready to vote in our April 7 spring elections. We know democracy

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You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

Working people are bearing the brunt of this global pandemic and economic crisis. The physical toll, death, pain, and suffering that Oregon’s frontline and essential workers have experienced is unprecedented.

08, Jul, 2020

Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

Daniel DiSalvo asks: “Will Unions Let Schools Reopen?” (op-ed, June 30). Of course! The AFT published our school reopening plan in April.

08, Jul, 2020

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

Racial disparities in who contracts the virus have played out in big cities like Milwaukee and New York, but also in smaller metropolitan areas like Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Bradleys live. Those inequities became painfully apparent when Ms.

06, Jul, 2020

Attacks on safe voting during coronavirus

On June 29, 2020, an appeals court upheld Republican-authored attacks on voting rights in Wisconsin. During the COVID-19 pandemic having access to safe voting is a fundamental underpinning of our democracy.

01, Jul, 2020

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

This month’s historic Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are protected in the workplace by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another step forward in the march for equality.

30, Jun, 2020

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Race-neutral policies simply will not address the depth of disadvantage faced by people this country once believed were chattel. Financial restitution cannot end racism, of course, but it can certainly mitigate racism’s most devastating effects.

24, Jun, 2020