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100 Days of Speaking Truth to Power

30 Apr, 2025 Read More >

Members at an AFGE rally with their kids holding a sign saying "Dignity, Fairness, Respect."

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Take Action: The White House Just Ripped Up Union Members’ Contracts

28 Mar, 2025 Read More >

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Statement of Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO President Donna S. Edwards on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order Stripping Workers of Their Right to Unionize

28 Mar, 2025

Annapolis, MD – “President Trump’s executive order is a direct and shameful attack on the rights of working people. It undermines the fundamental right of federal workers to unionize and collectively bargain — rights that generations of workers have fought and sacrificed to secure.

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AFL-CIO Warns Against Hasty Reopening Of Economy: ‘Many More Deaths’

The AFL-CIO warned Tuesday that workplaces were still far too dangerous to consider reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, even as some governors are starting to lift restrictions in order to get businesses up and running again.

21, Apr, 2020

Union made and USA made Apparel and Products for Essential Workers

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21, Apr, 2020

1199SEIU-UHWE and Airbnd have partnered to assist their COVID-19 front line workers with alternative housing

1199SEIU and Airbnb have partnered to provide temporary alternative housing for their members who are on the front line and caring for COVID-19 patients. Read the full story here

21, Apr, 2020

Expansion of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Under the New CARES Act

On Friday, April 24, Labor will be launching a new, one-stop unemployment insurance application to allow Marylanders to file claims for all unemployment programs entirely online.

21, Apr, 2020

Lipton Agrees to Pay Employees During COVID-19 Screenings

UFCW Local 400 members win their greivance. This is just a small example of the big difference a union can make.

21, Apr, 2020

Heroes on the Frontlines of COVID-19

This has been a month like no other in modern American history. We are in a war against an invisible virus that has required most people to stay home to fight it.

20, Apr, 2020