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Legislative Alert

Letter in Support of Legislation to Modernize the National Labor Relations Act

Letter to representatives asking them to co-sponsor the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which would modernize the National Labor Relations Act by bringing its remedies in line with other workplace laws.
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That Which Is Justly Ours

Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt 83 years ago yesterday, the National Labor Relations Act marked a critical step forward for working people’s right to join together in unions and bargain collectively. As Roosevelt said at the time, “By preventing practices which tend to destroy the independence of labor, it seeks, for every worker with its scope, that freedom of choice and action which is justly his.”
Legislative Alert

In Support of the Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act

The AFL-CIO strongly supports the Workers’ Freedom to Negotiate Act, legislation that would modernize the National Labor Relations Act.
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing a Bill That Would Deprive Workers Employed by Tribal-Owned and -Operated Enterprises Their Rights and Protections Under the NLRA

The AFL-CIO opposes the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, which would deny protection under the National Labor Relations Act to a large number of workers employed by tribal-owned and -operated enterprises located on tribal land.
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NLRB Judge Rules Walmart Wrongly Fired Strikers

An administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Walmart retaliated against workers for participating in strikes. Walmart claimed that the workers' actions were not protected...