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PLEASE SIGN: Support the UTLA Teachers' Strike!

Teachers at Los Angeles schools, including a few charter schools, began striking on Monday January 14th. The community is turning out in full force in support, and the teachers won't stand down until an agreement is reached.

17, Jan, 2019

Need Help During the Government Shutdown? Call 2-1-1

United Way, one of the AFL-CIO's national partners, supports 2-1-1, a free nationwide information and referral line that helps people find local resources they may be eligible for. The number operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

17, Jan, 2019

A Manufactured Crisis

Eight hundred thousand workers. That is the number of government employees and contractors impacted by President Trump’s shutdown of the federal government.

17, Jan, 2019

‘Pay the Workers, Furlough Trump’: Federal Workers Rally for End to Shutdown

Furloughed federal employees and out-of-work contractors greeted one another Thursday with a sarcastic nickname that, on the 20th day of a partial government shutdown, captured their feeling of powerlessness: “Hello, fellow pawns.”

16, Jan, 2019

PLEASE SIGN: Tell Vita Healthcare — Invest in Quality Care!

Our friends at SEIU Healthcare PA are in the midst of a battle to maintain their nursing home workers' pay and benefits and prevent them from being slashed by the nursing homes' new owner, Vita Healthcare. Here is their message:

09, Jan, 2019

Join us for a YO Philly Membership Drive!

Join Young Organized Philly, the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO's young workers committee, for a membership drive event!

09, Jan, 2019