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In the Face of Janus, AFL-CIO Launches Ad Campaign in Minnesota & Nationwide Calling on Working People to Organize

29 May, 2018

The AFL-CIO today announced a major, national print and digital ad campaign calling on workers to join together in the face of continued corporate assaults on the freedom to join together in union.

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At This Company, the CEO Makes 6,000 Times a Typical Worker's Pay

24 May, 2018

It's no secret that the financial divide between CEOs and average worker in the U.S. has been growing.

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Standing with working people, Governor Dayton vetoes corporate tax giveaways

23 May, 2018

Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy issued the following statement on Governor Mark Dayton’s vetoes of the omnibus tax and budget bills:

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Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow

23 May, 2018

CEO pay for major companies in the United States rose nearly 6% in the past year, as income inequality and the outsourcing of good-paying American jobs have increased. According to the new AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch, the average CEO of an S&P 500 Index company made $13.94 million in 2017—361 times more money than the average U.S. rank-and-file worker.

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Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Require Workers to Accept Individual Arbitration

22 May, 2018

An ideologically divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that companies may require workers to settle employment disputes through individual arbitration rather than joining to press their complaints, a decision affecting as many as 25 million workers.

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Let’s Deliver the Mail, Not Myths

15 May, 2018

President Trump’s attention of late has been focused in part on the United States Postal Service and Amazon, resulting in a new executive order calling for an evaluation of USPS fina

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In the Face of Janus, AFL-CIO Launches Ad Campaign in Minnesota & Nationwide Calling on Working People to Organize

At This Company, the CEO Makes 6,000 Times a Typical Worker's Pay

Standing with working people, Governor Dayton vetoes corporate tax giveaways

Executive Paywatch: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow

Supreme Court Rules Companies Can Require Workers to Accept Individual Arbitration

Let’s Deliver the Mail, Not Myths