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Working people are desperate for our leaders to put partisanship aside and do what is right for our health, our economy and our country. Tell your Senator to support the HEROES Act (H.R. 6800) and provide the relief working families need.

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Make Sure the Needs of Working People Are Met During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The labor movement is working nonstop to ensure workers devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic receive the protections and support needed during this challenging time. Get involved and make sure the needs of working people are heard.

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SD Workers Call for Day of Action!

WORKING PEOPLE, WOMEN'S AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND LABOR UNIONS ANNOUNCE NATIONWIDE WORKING PEOPLE'S DAY OF ACTION

Tens of thousands of people plan actions to honor Dr. King’s fight for basic freedom for sanitation workers and protest the rigged economy, just days before Supreme Court will hear case meant to attack working people

Sioux Falls Workers Condemn SD Legislature

South Dakota Workers come together to Condemn the South Dakota Legislature over the So-Called "Right to Work" resolution aimed at disrespecting the working families of South Dakota,

Senate must pass HEROES Act for working families

In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, a piece of legislation that would provide much-needed solutions to our current economic and public safety crisis. Unfortunately, its path forward has been uncertain. There has been no debate on the bill in the Senate, and Mitch McConnell even sent the Senate on vacation without hearing it.

The union battle versus Trump administration over bringing workers back, safely

More than three years after taking office, the administration has never filled the job running the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is charged with enforcing workplace safety laws. The $560 million-a-year agency, whose estimated 2,000 inspectors performed 32,020 on-site inspections in 2018, spent months not doing any in-person inspections related to coronavirus, other than in hospitals, said Rebecca Reindel, director of occupational safety and health for the AFL-CIO.

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