“It’s not about conservatives or liberals,” Wood said. “It’s more about defending our democratic process.”
Labor unions ranging across several types of frontline workers today joined environmental groups in a lawsuit against the federal government.
A key way to build broader support for the Green New Deal among organized labor is to help workers change who head the Laborers, Mine Workers and Electrical Workers unions, which oppose the Green New Deal.
A key way to build broader support for the Green New Deal among organized labor, some labor experts say, is to help workers change who head the Laborers, Mine Workers and Electrical Workers unions, which oppose the Green New Deal.
The AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center has a long history of working hand in glove with the US government in undermining democracy and left labor movements throughout the world.
Our multinational labor movement is being asked if we will join this movement for a radical shift in how our country treats Black people and for a radical realignment in policing, incarceration, and funding for the public good.
The barriers to reform police unions erected over the years will pose an enormous obstacle to establishing a new, more accountable kind of policing in the United States.
Several local unions have moved to oust police unions, despite the federation's approach that collective bargaining can be used for police reform.
While some in the labor movement are seeking to distance themselves, most are supportive even as they call for reforms.
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