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Texas AFL-CIO Broadens Legislative Agenda

Focus on Fair Shot for Working Families

The Texas AFL-CIO launched a Fair Shot legislative agenda that includes both perennial wage and benefit topics and cutting-edge issues that affect a broad spectrum of working families in Texas.

Texas AFL-CIO Thanks Senate Democratic Caucus, Calls for Texas Secretary of State Who Will Encourage Voting

Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Montserrat Garibay today issued this statement in response to news that all 12 Democrats in the Texas Senate have announced opposition to the confirmation of Texas

Now That Government is Funded, Here is What Workers Want to see

Last year, in communities all across the country, millions of Americans mobilized and called for an economy that works for all of us.

Number of Workers Striking in 2018 the Most in Three Decades

More workers were involved in strikes and other labor disputes in 2018 than at any point in the past three decades, fueled by widespread teacher protests last spring, according to data releas

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An Open Letter To Game Developers From America's Largest Labor Organization

If an investor was searching for the country’s most explosively successful commodity, they might look to the ground for natural resources or to Wall Street for some new financial instrument. But, the most meteoric success story can be found virtually all around us—in the booming video game industry. Growing by double digits, U.S. video game sales reached $43 billion in 2018, about 3.6 times greater than the film industry’s record-breaking box office.

Let’s Give Working People the Power to End Government Shutdowns

I understand why it would be insane to spend even a day without controllers, troops, Transportation Security Administration screeners, Coast Guard officers, FBI and Border Patrol agents and a laundry list of other truly essential workers employed by the federal government. What I don’t understand is why we tolerate a system that lets elected officials fail to do their one real job — funding the government — with no consequences for anyone in power.

So Much for the Labor Movement’s Funeral

Something funny happened on the way to the labor movement’s funeral.

Glad the Shutdown’s Over? Thank Workers, Not Just Nancy Pelosi

The longest government shutdown in American history is over for now. On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump announced a deal to reopen government for the next three weeks. The short-term appropriations measure notably includes no funding for his beloved border wall — or steel slat fence, or smart wall, or whatever else he decides to call it in the future.

Texas AFL-CIO Calls for Apologies, Probe in Bogus Voter Suppression Scheme

The Texas AFL-CIO today called on state leaders who suggested tens of thousands of voters might have cast ballots illegally to apologize and explain how an outrageous assault on voting rights took place.

Texas AFL-CIO Blasts Latest Voter Intimidation Effort

Garibay Makes Public Info Request: 'I Want to Know If I'm on This List!'

The Texas AFL-CIO today blasted the state for yet another in a long series of efforts by Texas statewide leaders designed to intimidate voters in Texas.