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AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.

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NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo Issues Memo on Captive Audience Meetings

NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo Issues Memo on Captive Audience Meetings

Today, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo announcing that she will ask the Board to rule that mandatory meetings, including captive audience meetings, are a violation of the National Labor Relations Act.

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Homecoming for Liz Shuler

LABOR PRESS: You’ve been given such a huge responsibility now, with the death of your friend Rich Trumka [In August she was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.] But the entire time you’ve been involved, labor has been struggling to come back. Do you have a secret plan?

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ICYMI: Cortez Masto’s Bill to Protect Federal Student Aid for Families of Fallen Heroes Passes the Senate

ICYMI: Cortez Masto’s Bill to Protect Federal Student Aid for Families of Fallen Heroes Passes the Senate

In case you missed it! 

Last week, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto’s Protecting Our Gold Star Families’ Education Act legislation passed the U.S. Senate.
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