Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation

 

First Fridays: Exploring the Amazon in our Backyard

Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation's Education Committee had an informative online discussion on Labor's organizing challenges at America's largest online retailer. 

Caravan for Racial and Economic Justice

On Saturday, June 20, working people from the Hudson Valley joined with workers in Kingston, NY to take part in a Workers First Caravan for Racial and Economic Justice, calling on Congress to pass the HEROES Act.

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Film Talk Series -John Lewis: Good Trouble
Please Join EVP Daniel McCormack and the events committee for coffee and conversation on Saturday August 22, at 9:30AM. The Film talk for this meeting will be based on the movie "John Lewis: Good Trouble". Like a book club, we will watch the movie in advance.
You can rent the film online through a variety of digital movie services.
https://www.johnlewisgoodtrouble.com/watch-at-home/
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From Protest to Power

Join us for an online discussion on how to transform the raw energy generated from recent protests into building long lasting worker and community power.

Featuring:
Rob Pinto (CWA)
Sochie Nnaemeka (WFP)
Jessica Wisneski (CANY)
Quintin Cross (Hudson-Catskill Housing Coalition)
Manna Jo Greene, Hudson River Clearwater
Ashwini Sukthankar (AFL-CIO)

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Recent News

Senate must pass HEROES Act for working families

In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a piece of legislation that would provide much-needed solutions to our current economic and public safety crisis. Unfortunately, its path forward has been uncertain. There has been no debate on the bill in the Senate, and Mitch McConnell even sent the Senate on vacation without hearing it.

The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely

More than three years after taking office, the administration has never filled the job running the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is charged with enforcing workplace safety laws. The $560 million-a-year agency, whose estimated 2,000 inspectors performed 32,020 on-site inspections in 2018, spent months not doing any in-person inspections related to coronavirus, other than in hospitals, said Rebecca Reindel, director of occupational safety and health for the AFL-CIO.

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

America is running short on masks, gowns and gloves. Again.

You Call Us Heroes. It's Time to Treat Us Like Heroes

Working people are bearing the brunt of this global pandemic and economic crisis. The physical toll, death, pain, and suffering that Oregon’s frontline and essential workers have experienced is unprecedented.

Coupled with the economic collapse that has exacerbated long-term inequities for low wage workers and BIPOC communities, workers are hurting and they need protections.

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AFL-CIO Blog

Executive Paywatch

High Paid CEOs and the Low Wage Economy

Mortgages for Union Families

Union Plus Mortgage Company is owned by the AFL-CIO Union Privilege and a group of unions.

Read the Report

Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2019

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