AFL-CIO Announces Workers’ Labor Day ‘Workers Deserve’ Week of Action
(Washington, D.C.)—Today, the AFL-CIO announced Workers Deserve, a Workers’ Labor Day week of action.
In communities large and small in every state, workers will celebrate our power and the freedom, fairness and security we all deserve. At hundreds of events across the country, working people will send a clear message to greedy CEOs, billionaires and anti-worker politicians: We built this country, and we’re taking it back.
“Big corporations and billionaires like Elon Musk and President Trump launched the biggest attacks on unions in history because they know that when we stand together, we have the power to speak out and fight back,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “As I’ve been traveling the country this summer, I’ve been inspired by the energy and enthusiasm workers have to create a better future where we all earn fair wages, and have good health care, a secure retirement and the dignity we deserve on the job. It’s better in a union—and we won’t stop until all workers have a fair shot to join one.”
The Workers Deserve Labor Day week of action will be a culmination of the AFL-CIO’s “It’s Better in a Union: Fighting for Freedom, Fairness and Security” bus tour, which will wrap up after two months of crisscrossing the country with two buses, to highlight workers’ fights to organize, win fair contracts and counteract the impact that reckless policies are having on our lives.
“Working people are more united than ever to restore our fundamental freedoms and spark an organizing renaissance that sets our country on a new course,” said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond. “The CEOs and billionaires are scared of us. That’s why they’re attacking us. I’ve got a message for those who are assaulting our rights: You’re right to be scared. Working people are the backbone of this country, and when we join together in solidarity, nothing can stop us.”
The American people are rooting for workers. With more than 70% of Americans and nearly 9 out of 10 people younger than 30 supporting unions, the fight for freedom, fairness and security has never been more popular. The week of action will protest political attacks against unions, call out the un-American union-busting tactics of CEOs and demand an end to the Trump administration’s devastating cuts that are crippling communities, all while sharing our positive vision for a country that respects and celebrates all working people and our families.
WorkersLaborDay.org will serve as a hub for unions, community groups and progressive organizations to find local events, including in the following cities: Atlanta; Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago; Cleveland; Denver; Des Moines, Iowa; Detroit; Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Los Angeles; Louisville, Kentucky; New York; Pittsburgh; Reno, Nevada; San Diego; Seattle; St. Louis; Minneapolis–St. Paul; and Washington, D.C.
Contact: Mia Jacobs, 202-637-5018
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