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Representing over 20,000 union members across Burlington County, we work to grow the power of working people in our communities, in politics, and at the bargaining table. 

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Survey Shows Broad Public Support For Worker Strikes

Workers at companies like Kellogg’s, Nabisco and John Deere have hit the picket lines in recent weeks hoping to get a better deal from their employers. A new survey suggests the public by and large supports them. The AFL-CIO labor federation commissioned the progressive pollster Data for Progress to
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Survey Shows Broad Public Support For Worker Strikes
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Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

Marcial Reyes could have just quit his job. Frustrated with chronic understaffing at the Kaiser Permanente hospital where he works in Southern California, he knows he has options in a region desperate for nurses. Instead, he voted to go on strike. While Americans are leaving their jobs at staggering
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Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage
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Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

And many of them are either hitting the picket lines or quitting their jobs as a result. The changing dynamics of the US labor market, which has put employees rather than employers in the driver's seat in a way not seen for decades, is allowing unions to flex their muscle. Already on strike are 10
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Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers
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20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety

Twenty years ago today, on a Sunday afternoon in Brookwood, Alabama, 32 coal miners descended 2,000 feet below the ground into the Jim Walter Resources Blue Creek No. 5 Mine for a routine maintenance check.
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20 years after mine disaster, Brookwood miners are still fighting for safety
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Get Out the Vote 2021 Kicks Off

Please join us for Virtual Phone Banking every Thursday and Labor Walks every Saturday. With union members engaging union members about the importance of this year's elections, labor will make a difference at the ballot box. We have competitive races up and down the ticket, from Governor to local
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Get Out the Vote 2021 Kicks Off
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We Need A Modern Labor Movement That Brings Good Jobs

Flying into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport recently, I spotted the ramp workers on the tarmac, busily unloading bags and doing safety checks on the plane in 115 degree heat. Most passengers were anxious to deplane, ready to head to baggage claim, not giving a second thought to the work
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We Need A Modern Labor Movement That Brings Good Jobs
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Strike Map

Working people want safe jobs with good health care, flexibility, sick leave, and where they feel respected and valued. 

See where workers are on strike across the country.