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Workplace Matters: Unions + Workers' Safety During the Pandemic

State Fed leaders speak with BMI leaders on Labor's response to COVID-19 and protecting workers

On Wednesday, September 2 leaders spoke via Zoom to the BMI leaders about COVID-19 and workplace protections.

Labor continues its push for MD Governor Larry Hogan to issue new workplace safety regulations to protect employees amid the COVID-19 pandemic

The Maryland State and District of Columbia AFL-CIO asked Hogan in May to issue what’s known as an “emergency temporary standard” — new safety regula

Tell Congress: Fund the Front Lines NOW

Send a letter to your Representatives and Senators to demand that they fund the front lines so that we can fight the pandemic and re-open our economy. Public service workers are do

AM I SAFE AT WORK?

Help workers demand safer workplaces.

Executive Paywatch

High Paid CEOs and the Low Wage Economy

Mortgages for Union Families

Union Plus Mortgage Company is owned by the AFL-CIO Union Privilege and a group of unions.

Read the Report

Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2020

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(DC) Early Voting Locations and Hours

Vote Centers will open Tuesday, October 27, 2020, through Monday, November 2, 2020, from 8:30 am - 7:00 pm. for the November 3 General Election.

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(MD) Early Voting Dates and Locations

Allegany County (1 center)
Allegany County Office Complex
701 Kelly Road, Room 100
Cumberland, MD 21502

Center for Construction & Research Training: CPWR-NIOSH COVID-19 Webinar Series

What We’ve Learned: Health Risks and Prevention.

In Memoriam of Reverend C.T. Vivian and the Honorable John Lewis

The civil rights community suffered the loss of two giants in the movement— Reverend C.T. Vivian (95) and Representative John Lewis (80). As the nation grapples with protests and demands for racial equality, we remember their unwavering commitment to social, racial and economic justice. Both friends to labor and colleagues of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., their lives were the embodiment of “good trouble, necessary trouble.”

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Demand COVID-19 Relief

The HEROES Act has been sitting on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s desk for months, but now he wants to ram through a Supreme Court nomination. Tell your senators we need COVID-19 relief, not a Supreme Court power grab.

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Make Sure the Needs of Working People Are Met During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The labor movement is working nonstop to ensure workers devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic receive the protections and support needed during this challenging time. Get involved and make sure the needs of working people are heard.

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