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Unions get out the vote in Georgia ahead of crucial runoff

Quick: Help save fishing jobs

Labor Photos: UFCW 400 & 1994 in GA for Warnock

AFL-CIO's 2023 MLK Conference set for January 13-16

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Unions get out the vote in Georgia ahead of crucial runoff

The labor movement showed up in full force over the weekend to campaign in the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, AFGE National President Everett Kelley, AFSCME President Lee Saunders, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International President John Costa, Ironworkers General President Eric Dean, Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) President Jimmy Williams, and SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry all took part in a rally in Atlanta to get out the vote for Sen. Raphael Warnock.


After the barnburning labor rally, union members hit the doors and campaigned their hearts out to secure every single vote. The labor movement can win this race, but it's likely to be a close result on Tuesday.

Join the AFL-CIO's virtual phone back while there's still time. [link removed] Log in to Zoom on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET to call union voters in Georgia. Together, let's win this race and make lasting progress for America's working people.
- AFL-CIO Daily Brief

Quick: Help save fishing jobs

Union members who fish for a living are at risk of losing their jobs. Today, the Virginia Marine Resource Commission (VMRC) is having a meeting where they will take a vote on potential new restrictions that will end good union jobs in Reedville, VA, where commercial fishermen -- members of UFCW Local 400 -- have fished these waters for generations. The Virginia AFL-CIO urges your participation in sending the VMRC a letter "to stand in solidarity with our union family to show our opposition -- let's tell the VMRC to vote NO!" [link removed] CLICK HERE to send a letter now.


Labor Photos: UFCW 400 & 1994 in GA for Warnock

"With so much at stake in the senate for working families, @UFCW400 members (above left) were proud to travel to Georgia to lend a hand getting out the vote!" [link removed] tweeted Local 400 yesterday. At right, UFCW 1994 MCGEO's Amy Millar, out door-knocking for Warnock in the rain yesterday.

AFL-CIO's 2023 MLK Conference set for January 13-16

The 2023 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference will be held January 13-16 in Washington, D.C. "As we've seen over the past few years, there is so much work left to be done to advance civil and human rights, both across the country and inside our own labor movement," says the AFL-CIO. "We hope you will join us for this engaging, inspiring and educational experience." Visithttps://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/dSCQfi9FLISmU3ZE3bfPhmvioNoFlW1rAsVzHCSBcVi_PxhKhFEMSjBSgq8hbOWTxwoEK9DQ3bOakENgXH_zpgJmxGw2Jq0c7vrC8AmYZjciKH_oKE73yWsO4Qd1rz3UncuwzgxLIKVWDu0Dl_GM80wl7mi3XI1WIOrKey5CheFe2IXYpCutD6clBxP-uzbVtjehCeJywJYLdg1DBme5F9wdsCohTUJAFf-Nn1aCizW0PL1I2xkWOWGcLQMPkJJU/3rd/uS0__tTiRiGzZVlFIEnfIw/h6/dgvBmI9odkNYPW9zxzOISMijO8uDuFgEa18n4oe4gyY TheMLKConference.org for more information and to register.


Labor Quote: Martin Luther King, Jr.

"It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people."

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This week's Labor History Today podcast: [link removed] "Capital's Terrorists". Last week's show: [link removed] Pins & Needles' mass appeal.

214 African American delegates meet in Washington, D.C., to form the Colored National Labor Union as a branch of the all-white National

Labor Union created three years earlier. Unlike the NLU, the CNLU welcomed members of all races. Isaac Myers was the CNLU's founding president; Frederick Douglas became president in 1872 - 1869

361 coal miners die at Monongah, W.V., in nation's worst mining disaster - 1907

United Mine Workers begin what is to become a 110-day national coal strike - 1997

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