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Alabama AFL-CIO Union Auto Program

The Union Auto Program is a better way to buy an auto while saving union members and their families an average of $5,000 annually with FREE union member protective benefits.

AFL-CIO Unveils Executive Paywatch Report

2020’s growth in pay inequity between workers and CEOs confirms the “executive base salary reductions” touted during the COVID-19 crisis were just lip service, per this year’s AFL-CIO Executive Pay

Statement from Alabama AFL-CIO President

“This goes to show what happens when our woefully outdated labor laws allow corporations to get away with blatantly illegal union-busting activity, knowing the worst they’ll receive is a slap on the wrist.”

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2021 Executive Paywatch

High Paid CEOs and the Low Wage Economy

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Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2021

Recent News

Black Unemployment Matters Just as Much as White Unemployment

In April 2020, after the labor market took its largest one-month hit in modern history, Black men and women suffered job losses proportionate to those of white women. Still, their losses were far less severe than those of Hispanic men and women. Black workers already had higher unemployment rates, as has always been the case, but their unemployment rates did not skyrocket as much as other groups.

Congress Must Take Action to Protect Workers

The nation watched earlier this year as heroic warehouse workers at the Amazon facility in Bessemer, Alabama, made history.

Despite intense pressure, intimidation and bullying by one of the largest corporations in the world, they fought to reclaim their fair share of power and form a union. They spoke out about an experience familiar to so many working people—the stress of being overworked, underpaid, and afraid for the future.

Labor Movement Leads PRO Act Events in Backyards of All 100 Senators

This week, the AFL-CIO is leading a PRO Act Week of Action, part of the labor movement’s national campaign urging senators to pass this transformative labor law reform. This week of action includes at least one event near every U.S. senator’s office.

Black Unemployment Matters Just as Much as White Unemployment

In April 2020, after the labor market took its largest one-month hit in modern history, Black men and women suffered job losses proportionate to those of white women. Still, their losses were far less severe than those of Hispanic men and women. Black workers already had higher unemployment rates, as has always been the case, but their unemployment rates did not skyrocket as much as other groups.

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Stand with Warrior Met Miners
Support UMWA coal miners on strike at Warrior Met Coal by attending and sharing this event. These men & women having been fighting nonstop for fair and equitabe working conditions for more than three months. Warrior Met Coal's actions have drawn attention from around the world! 
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DACA and TPS Recipients at the 2017 AFL-CIO Convention

Rights and Protections for All Working Families

Two pieces of legislation will take an important step toward fixing our unjust immigration system by providing permanent protections to vital members of our communities and our unions. Call your senators and urge them to support the Dream Act (S. 264) and the SECURE Act (S. 306) today.

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