Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation

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Amid Game Industry Layoffs, AFL-CIO Says It’s Time for Workers to Organize

On Feb. 15, just days after massive layoffs at Activision Blizzard, the AFL-CIO issued a powerful public statement of support to game developers in the United States. Its message, published in an open letter at Kotaku, was both simple and profound.

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Welcome Message from Billy Riccaldo President, Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation

Sisters and Brothers:

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The U.S. Postal Service is Owned by the People—Let's Keep It That Way

Kenneth Quinnell on Tuesday, April 23 - 12:00pm

As the tax deadline looms and millions scurry to get their forms sent on time, Tax Day is a good time to dispel the myth that the U.S. Postal Service is funded by tax dollars.

As Video Games Make Billions, the Workers Behind Them Say It’s Time to Unionize

Sam Dean on Tuesday, April 23 - 11:49am

At an industry conference for video game developers in late March, the thousands of lanyarded attendees could try new games, swap business cards and hear from experts on rendering realistic blood spatter.

Or they could talk about unionizing.

Hundreds joined a series of standing-room-only roundtables on the topic of organized labor, taking time away from the Game Developers Conference to brainstorm ways to build worker power in an industry that is almost entirely nonunion.

You Paid Taxes. These Corporations Didn't

Kathryn Kranhold on Wednesday, April 17 - 11:21am

Taxpayers are scrambling to make last-minute payments due to the Internal Revenue Service in just four days, but many of the country’s largest publicly-held corporations are doing better: They’ve reported they owe absolutely nothing on the billions of dollars in profits they earned last year.

Women Can Close the Pay Gap by Forming Unions

Kayla Blado and Katie Barrows on Thursday, April 4 - 10:48am

In 2018, women once again came home with over 16% less money in their paychecks. Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, which means women had to work until April 2—92 days longer—to be paid the same amount as a comparable man in 2018.

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USITC Report Backs Up the Need to Fix New NAFTA to Add Real Enforcement — Apr 24
The U.S. Postal Service is Owned by the People—Let's Keep it That Way — Apr 23
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Powerful Victory — Apr 22

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