Alabama AFL-CIO

 

5th Alabama State Conservation Dinner

The Union Sportsmen's Alliance is a conservation organization working to unite union members and their families who hunt, fish, shoot and enjoy the outdoors.

Alabama Democratic Party Endorsement

The Alabama AFL-CIO is endorsing Senator Vivian Figures for Chairperson of the Alabama Democratic Party. We believe Senator Figures is highly qualified for this position.

AFL-CIO: Unions Aim to Roar in 2020

Despite its setbacks, or perhaps because of them, organized labor has an energy level that AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says he hasn’t seen before in his 50 years with the movement.

Larry Hanley Was a Transformational Labor Leader. He Will Be Missed.

On May 7, while recovering from an illness, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International President Larry Hanley died suddenly.  In a brief statement, his family,

2019 Alabama Organized Labor Awards Foundation Banquet

We are pleased to announce  the banquet will be held on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham - The Wynfrey Hotel located at 1000 Riverchase Galleria in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2019

Alabama Labor Archives & History

Goal of the Alabama Labor Archives and History is to identify, evaluate, collect, preserve, and provide access to material of labor significance in Alabama

PowerTools

A resource for union members and organizers.

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Mexican President Promises AFl-CIO Head New Labor Policy

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has met with the head of the largest U.S. labor group, the AFL-CIO.

Lopez Obrador’s office said Wednesday he promised AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka that Mexico will enforce new, stricter labor laws. He also called for ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement.

Unions Under Attack as Their Approval Ratings Soar

President Trump took to Twitter on Labor Day to attack AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, slamming him for his criticism of Trump’s trade deals. The AFL-CIO is the country’s largest coalition of more than 50 major unions and represents some 12.5 million American workers, from pilots to teachers.

I Read Every 2020 Frontrunner’s Labor Platform So You Didn’t Have To

Presidential candidates are going all out to win over working-class Americans.

Nonprofit Workers Need Unions, Too

As socialists look out at the horizon of the struggle for a radically reformed society, we should try, like good Marxists, to anticipate where and with whom conflicts are likely to arise and how we are going to deal with those challenges.

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We Need a Better NAFTA

The new NAFTA is another corporate handout. It won't stem the outsourcing of good jobs or protect the rights of working people. Tell Congress the new NAFTA isn't good enough.

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Prevent Workplace Violence

Recently introduced legislation would provide needed protections for health care and social services workers from violence on the job. Tell Congress to support an OSHA workplace violence standard.

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