Southwest Alabama Labor Council, AFL-CIO

 

Labor For Black Lives Rally June 20th

The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late May has sparked protests and uprisings across the country. Working people are ready to put an end to police brutality. Further, they are crying out for solutions to ever increasing problems of inequality and structural racism - and the former is exacerbated by the later for our sisters and brothers in marginalized communities.

Rooted in the Fight for Justice

Over the last week, the Alabama AFL-CIO reeled in heartbreak and outrage as we watched a police officer inhumanely murder George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis. Police brutality has always been an issue for unarmed people of color in America, but thanks to the technological advancement of videos and smartphones, we are now confronted with the inescapable realities of racial injustice each and every day.

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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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Senate must pass HEROES Act for working families

In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a piece of legislation that would provide much-needed solutions to our current economic and public safety crisis. Unfortunately, its path forward has been uncertain. There has been no debate on the bill in the Senate, and Mitch McConnell even sent the Senate on vacation without hearing it.

The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely

More than three years after taking office, the administration has never filled the job running the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is charged with enforcing workplace safety laws. The $560 million-a-year agency, whose estimated 2,000 inspectors performed 32,020 on-site inspections in 2018, spent months not doing any in-person inspections related to coronavirus, other than in hospitals, said Rebecca Reindel, director of occupational safety and health for the AFL-CIO.

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

Working people are bearing the brunt of this global pandemic and economic crisis. The physical toll, death, pain, and suffering that Oregon’s frontline and essential workers have experienced is unprecedented.

Coupled with the economic collapse that has exacerbated long-term inequities for low wage workers and BIPOC communities, workers are hurting and they need protections.

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