Civil and Workplace Rights

Working for the freedom from employment discrimination and the right of working families to fair pay, job safety, secure retirements and affordable health care have been goals fundamental to the union movement, which has long partnered with the civil rights and women’s movements and, more recently, with the LGBTQ community.

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Dec 13, 2024 | News Story

Governor Hochul can make New York a leader in protecting the public and its workers by signing the LOADinG Act (S. 7543-B Gonzalez/A. 9430-B Otis).

Dec 11

Wednesday, Dec 11, 10AM-1PM, Zoom: Join us to hear about how AI can improve and enhance safety in the workplace, how we can incorporate a labor response to autonomous technology, and the impacts of generative AI on classroom learning and teachers' work.

Nov 27, 2024 | News Story

Last week the Worker's Justice Project, Los Deliveristas, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the NYC CLC worked together to put on a legal clinic on Deferred Action.

Nov 22, 2024 | News Story

In an joint OpEd published in the Daily News this week, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) President Stuart Appelbaum and Amazon Labor Union (ALU) President Connor Spence urge Governor Hochul to sign the

Nov 22, 2024 | News Story

Nothing tastes better than a union-made Thanksgiving feast! The food listed here by the AFL-CIO is union-made or union-packaged. Each purchase goes to support good union jobs!

Nov 15, 2024 | News Story

On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, ruling that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act by requiring em

Nov 8, 2024 | News Story

The result of this week’s Presidential election is obviously not what the Labor Movement hoped for, for many reasons. The Biden-Harris Administration has been the most pro-Labor in United States history, and union members turned out across the country in an effort to keep that momentum going.

Nov 1, 2024 | News Story

In the final days of the 2024 election, union members and volunteers are turning out the union vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov.

Oct 25, 2024 | News Story

We need a President, Congress, and local elected officials who will fight for workers and protect our union rights!

Oct 4, 2024 | News Story

The devastation and loss of life we’re all seeing and reading about in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene is historic and catastrophic in nature. In response to the disaster, the AFL-CIO has activated its Union Community Fund.