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An Obama-Era Rule to Collect Worker Pay Data is Headed for the Chopping Block

27 Sep, 2019

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1.3 Million Winners and 2.8 Million Losers from Trump’s New Overtime Rule

27 Sep, 2019

The five-year fight to expand overtime pay to millions of workers is over.

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Mexican President Promises AFl-CIO Head New Labor Policy

09 Sep, 2019

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

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Unions Under Attack as Their Approval Ratings Soar

09 Sep, 2019

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.

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

09 Sep, 2019

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

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AFL-CIO: Unions Aim to Roar in 2020

29 Aug, 2019

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.

Bethany Winkels elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Minnesota AFL-CIO

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Minnesota AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Brad Lehto Retires

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

AFL-CIO: Unions Aim to Roar in 2020