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WHLF Central Labor Council Launches Interactive Website for Advocacy in 2024

27 Sep, 2022

Thank you once again to Jake Lowen and the WHLF Central Labor Council. His interactive website couldn't come at a more perfect time. If you are not sure who your elected officials are, you'll want to take a look here.

Happy National Apprenticeship Week!

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21, Jan, 2021

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13, Jan, 2021

Democracy and the labor movement are one and the same

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12, Jan, 2021

AFL-CIO Calls on Trump to Resign or Be Removed from Office 'at Once'

The AFL-CIO called on President Trump to resign or be removed from office “at once, whether through impeachment or the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” following the riots at the U.S. Capitol this week.

08, Jan, 2021

Trumka Says Walsh Will Be 'Exceptional' Labor Secretary

The president of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest federation of unions, praised President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh (D) for secretary of Labor, calling the mayor an “exceptional” choice.

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Trumka Calls Trump Protest ‘One of the Greatest Assaults on Our Democracy Since the Civil War’

Prominent union leaders of the AFL-CIO and United Auto Workers are publicly condemning President Donald Trump’s supporters for storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called it “one of the greatest assaults on our democracy since the Civil War.”

06, Jan, 2021