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President Edwards joins AFT Caravan in Annapolis to Stop the Cuts to State Employees

Underneath the mask is President Edwards practicing social distancing, blowing her horn and echoeing through the crowd,  "Some Cuts Never Heal!  Fully Fund State Workers"

APWU action to Save the Post Office sent a clear message, but our work is not done - YOUR HELP IS STILL NEEDED!

From our brothers and sisters of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU)................

Making Beautiful Music With American Federation of Musicians at the NSO

Making Beautiful Music with the American Federation of Musicians

Something to brighten your day, MUSIC!!  What a GREAT way to take your mind off of some of the unpleasures of the world.  Take a moment to enjoy some of the sounds of our brothers and sisters of th

Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice | COVID-19 | AFL-CIO Video

Workers First Caravan for Racial and Economic Justice

The featured AFL-CIO video highlights the thousands of working people across the country who joined together on June 17 in a national day of action for racial and economic justice.  Working people

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Tri-County COPE adopts MD State and DC AFL-CIO Resolution #9, Workers Bill of Rights

Tri-County Committee on Political Education (COPE), a splinter group of the Metro Washington Council, AFL-CIO has adopted Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO Resolution #9, Workers Bill of Rights.  Details were circulated as follows...........................

SAG AFTRA signs on to Justice in Policing Act of 2020

Our brothers and sisters of the SAG AFTRA are demanding justice in policing, see the letter to House and Senate leaders and the list of entertainers and artists who have agreed to sign on.  See the full story here.

AFGE Voices Concerns Over DHS Returning to Full Operations Without Capacity to Protect Workforces

    “The vast majority of DHS’s workforce are front-line, ‘essential’ employees who have been at their regular duty stations throughout the pandemic,” President Everette Kelley said in his prepared statement.

AT&T is Using the Pandemic as an Excuse to Cut Thousands of Jobs

  See the full story here from our brothers and sisters of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO.

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