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2020 Census: Every Human Being Counts

The Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO supports the U.S. Census Bureau in its goal of assuring a complete and accurate count.

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

A message and THANK YOU to you from President Edwards

Dear Sister and Brothers:

We are all doing our best. The labor movement is more important than ever in our history.

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, 2019

PowerTools

A resource for union members and organizers.

Recent News

Tell Congress to stop the furlough of USCIS workers

More than 13,000 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) employees are facing furloughs. And we only have a few days to help them.

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has received notice that the Department of Homeland Security plans to furlough some 70% of workers at USCIS due to a budget shortfall partly related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

We need Congress to act now and approve $1.2 billion for the agency in order to keep the bargaining unit members on the job.

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 Members Vote to Approve 2020 TV/Theatrical Contracts

Members approved the new, three-year contracts covering motion pictures, television and new media production by a vote of 74.22% to 25.78% with a turnout of 27.15%.  See the full story here.

 

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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Support the HEROES Act

Working people are desperate for our leaders to put partisanship aside and do what is right for our health, our economy and our country. Tell your Senator to support the HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) and provide the relief working families need.

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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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