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Of Course Teachers Want Schools to Reopen

Daniel DiSalvo asks: “Will Unions Let Schools Reopen?” (op-ed, June 30). Of course! The AFT published our school reopening plan in April.

08, Jul, 2020

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.

06, Jul, 2020

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.

02, Jul, 2020

First Fridays Town Hall - Budget Cuts vs Raising Revenue

Our Education Committee hosted a forum on increasing revenues to stop the systematic starving of the common good.

02, Jul, 2020

First Fridays Town Hall - May Day & Frontline Workers

On May Day we conducted an online panel discussion/town hall, focusing on workers who are on the frontlines of the current crisis.

02, Jul, 2020

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.

30, Jun, 2020