President Obama, Flanked by UFCW Member, Pushes to Expand Overtime Pay
President Obama ordered the Department of Labor to expand federal rules so that more salaried workers would be able to qualify for overtime pay. Currently, any salaried employee making more than $455...
View ArticleGreenwald: Koch Brothers Are Cowards in the 'Worst Way'
In 2012, progressive filmmaker Robert Greenwald released his documentary "The Koch Brothers Exposed," which helped shine a light on the secretive actions taken by Charles and David Koch, the extremist...
View ArticleGive Veterans the Health Care They Deserve, Staff the VA
The recent revelations of long waiting lists for military veterans seeking treatment at Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facilities and of management cover-ups has prompted AFGE to again call on...
View ArticleI’m Going Where the Action Is: Massachusetts
When I get frustrated with the Republican gridlock in Washington, D.C., that has put a stranglehold on so many vital working family issues like raising wages, paid sick leave, workers' rights and more,...
View ArticleTackling the Root Causes of the Refugee Crisis at the U.S. Border
For months, thousands of children and families from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala have been turning themselves in at the southern U.S. border, fleeing widespread violence, poverty and corruption...
View ArticleMassachusetts AFL-CIO and Coalition of Local Labor Leaders Demand Answers...
Malden, MA - Monday, October 20, 2014 - A coalition of labor leaders representing workers across Massachusetts today called on Republican Charlie Baker to come clean about why he sent jobs out of state...
View ArticleUFCW Statement on First Presidential Debate
Marc Perrone, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union, made the following statement regarding the first Presidential debate between Secretary Hillary Clinton and...
View ArticleThe AFL-CIO’s Response to Trump’s Presidency
Rather than slice and dice the electorate into different demographics and voting blocks, we have to understand what happened on Nov. 8 not as a vote for or against the two presidential candidates....
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