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AFL-CIO, 26 Labor Unions Demand USDA Release SNAP Contingency Funds, Protect 90K Jobs

Trump administration blocks more than $5 billion in SNAP contingency funds, jeopardizing thousands of jobs (Washington, D.C.) –– In a new letter , the AFL-CIO and 26 labor unions demand Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins immediately release more than $5 billion in SNAP contingency funds
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AFL-CIO Demands Lawmakers Stop Playing Political Games, Pay ALL Impacted Workers During Shutdown

The nation’s largest labor federation reminds Congress, “Workers and their families should not be used as pawns.” Full text of letter to Senators (Washington, D.C.) —As the government shutdown drags into its fourth week, 1.4 million federal workers and at least 1 million federal contractors have
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Shutdown Excuses Don’t Add Up: Trump Having ‘Fun’ with Overseas Bailouts, Punishing Workers at Home

Over two weeks into the shutdown, more than 2 million workers have missed a paycheck. Of those, 750,000 are locked out of their jobs and 1.4 million are doing their jobs without pay. Meanwhile, the president continues to refuse to do his. As millions of Americans open letters warning of health care cost spikes they can’t afford, the White House reports President Trump is having “fun.”
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ICYMI: People Who Work for a Living Are Fed Up with Unelected Billionaire Elon Musk and DOGE

Demanded that Elon Musk stop attacking essential workers and government programs people rely on 

104 events in 31 states

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Department of People Who Work for a Living’s Testimony for Marjorie Taylor Greene

It occurred to us that your subcommittee might benefit from the views of actual working people 

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Court Does Not Immediately Block Elon Musk’s DOGE from Accessing Private Worker Data from DOL

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AFL-CIO Launches the Department of People Who Work for a Living

If Elon Musk can make up his own government department, so can workers 

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AFL-CIO, Affiliate Unions, Economic Policy Institute File Emergency Lawsuit Against DOGE to Protect Privacy of Worker Data

(Washington, D.C.)—Amid reports that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is attempting to gain access to sensitive personal data at the Department of Labor (DOL), the AFL-CIO, together with a coalition of its affiliated unions and an economic

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AFL-CIO President Responds to Trump Administration’s Illegal Freeze of Federal Funding

In response to news that the Trump administration was freezing funding, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement:

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