Friend, A complete and accurate count in the 2020 census is vital for working families in every corner of our country, including in your town. This information, required every 10 years by the U.S. Constitution, is used for some of the most important decision-making that a…

Friend, Working America continues to focus on slowing the rapid spread of coronavirus with education and resources to help you and your family during the global pandemic and the resulting economic fallout. COVID-19 has hit working families hard. Between job loss, health c…

Friend, With more than three million members nationwide, Working America is focused on slowing the rapid spread of coronavirus through education and awareness and on sharing resources to help you and your family during the global pandemic and the resulting economic fallou…

Friend, In just a moment, I am going to ask you to call your representative. But first, I want to tell you what’s going on. We are doing everything we can to protect front-line workers around the country from the COVID-19 virus. As the president of the AFL-CIO, I have se…

Friend, Around the country today, working people are calling their senators to urge them to vote YES on the USPS Fairness Act. This bill would strengthen the U.S. Postal Service by repealing an unfair law requiring the US Postal Service to set aside retirement benefits f…

Friend, Last week, The Washington Post called H.R.2474 The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act “Congress’s most ambitious attempt to strengthen unions in years” — and they’re right. The PRO Act: Establishes meaningful penalties for violation of workers’ rights E…

Friend, Did you know that the U.S. Postal Service is the most well-liked federal agency? USPS provides critical services to the American public, but now it’s at risk. If we don’t all act soon, USPS could be privatized. Tell the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors: Don’…

Friend, Last month, economists reported that the 400 richest families in America now pay a lower tax rate than the bottom 50% of income earners for the first time in a century. Yes, you read that right. Billionaires paid a lower rate than public school teachers, nurses an…

Friend, Working people across your state are taking action today in support of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Will you join them? For too long, greedy corporations have used extreme measures to stop working people from exercising their right to join tog…

Friend, It’s no secret that across the country, in offices and on factory floors, working people face harassment on the job. A new bill introduced in the House, called BE HEARD in the Workplace Act, would be the first comprehensive federal legislation to fix our broken l…

Submit your comments about apprenticeships before the deadline is up Friend, I emailed you earlier this month about a Department of Labor proposal that could decimate training and labor standards in registered apprenticeship programs across the country. If enacted, it wo…

Help save pathways to stable jobs with living wages Friend, Working America needs your help. The Department of Labor just released a proposal that could decimate training and labor standards in registered apprenticeship programs across the country, and we only have a few …

Tear down the barriers to joining a union and support the PRO Act Friend, For too long, employers and greedy corporations have been able to violate the National Labor Relations Act without serious consequence, denying employees the right to join with their co-workers to …