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It’s time to get it done for America’s workers.

The Protect America's Workforce Act, which reverses President Trump’s union-busting executive order has passed the House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it already has bipartisan support. Together, we can restore collective bargaining rights to 1 million federal workers.

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Watch: NFLPA Video on Racial Justice

As the new professional football season begins, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) released the first in a series of videos of members speaking out on racial justice. The video focuses on NFLPA members’ activism and their participation in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Watch: NFLPA Video on Racial Justice

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Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put power back in workers' hands
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Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put power back in workers' hands

Fifty-five years ago, in a speech to the convention of the Illinois AFL-CIO, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. laid out with characteristic moral clarity the essential role of unions in American life. “The labor movement,” he explained, “was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress … [When] the wave of union organization crested over the nation, it carried to secure shores not only itself but the whole society. Civilization began to grow in the economic life of man, and a decent life with a sense of security and dignity became a reality rather than a distant dream.”

Joe Biden and Richard Trumka: Put power back in workers' hands

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Labor Unions Plan to Turn Out an Army of Poll Workers for the Election

A lack of poll workers can lead to a lack of available polling places ― and voter disenfranchisement. Given that the pandemic has made door-knocking infeasible in so many areas, labor groups are diverting some of that energy and resources to the poll worker cause.

Labor Unions Plan to Turn Out an Army of Poll Workers for the Election

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