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The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

06 Jul, 2020

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06 Jul, 2020

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The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

Racial disparities in who contracts the virus have played out in big cities like Milwaukee and New York, but also in smaller metropolitan areas like Grand Rapids, Mich., where the Bradleys live. Those inequities became painfully apparent when Ms.

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

30 Jun, 2020

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30 Jun, 2020

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Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

This month’s historic Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are protected in the workplace by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another step forward in the march for equality.

Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

24 Jun, 2020

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24 Jun, 2020

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What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Race-neutral policies simply will not address the depth of disadvantage faced by people this country once believed were chattel. Financial restitution cannot end racism, of course, but it can certainly mitigate racism’s most devastating effects.

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Resolution for Solidarity in the Fight Against Racism and Police Violence in our Community

Resolution for Solidarity in the Fight Against Racism and Police Violence in our Community

23 Jun, 2020

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Resolution for Solidarity in the Fight Against Racism and Police Violence in our Community

The Austin AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, since its founding in 1957, has been committed to the principle of multiracial solidarity, advocating for social and economic justice to vanquish oppression and make our communities better for all people

Resolution for Solidarity in the Fight Against Racism and Police Violence in our Community

Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

22 Jun, 2020

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Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

Thousands of working people across the country joined together on June 17 in a national day of action. We called for the Senate to pass the HEROES Act and for Congress to take actions to address structural racism. The HEROES Act is grounded in America’s Five Economic Essentials that are desperately needed to keep working people safe and financially secure. This day of action was just the beginning. Today and every day that follows, working people will mobilize like never before to make the HEROES Act the law of the land and rid our institutions of systemic racism.

Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice