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How Labor Leads

“It’s the labor movement that is protecting workers today,” Mark York of Dallas AFL-CIO said on March 26.

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Recent News

The New Front-Line Coronavirus Workers: Grocery Clerks, Delivery Drivers

Valerie Bauerlein, Jennifer Levitz and Alejandro Lazo on Yesterday, March 27 - 11:28am

Much of the American workplace has shut down, sending millions of employees home to wait out the coronavirus pandemic.

UPDATE! Voices of Texas Working Families Persuade State to Remove Barriers To Coronavirus Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Ed Sills on Tuesday, March 17 - 7:27pm

Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy issued this statement after the Texas Workforce Commission and Gov. Greg Abbott decided to waive waiting periods and work-search requirements for Texans who lose their jobs because of the coronavirus.