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10 pro-worker highlights from Biden’s State of the Union address

The most pro-worker president in our lifetimes delivered the most pro-worker State of the Union address in recent memory.

Here are just a few highlights from President Joe Biden’s Tuesday night speech:

10 pro-worker highlights from Biden’s State of the Union address

30 years of the Family and Medical Leave Act: much to celebrate, much more to do

In January 1993, Joann Mapp shared a powerful message on a conference call with newly elected President Bill Clinton.

30 years of the Family and Medical Leave Act: much to celebrate, much more to do

It’s Up to Us: Labor Carrying the King Legacy Forward

The following is adapted from remarks delivered by President Saunders at the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor’s Martin Luther King Day Breakfast on January 14, 2023.

It’s Up to Us: Labor Carrying the King Legacy Forward

Ohio University workers union delivers nearly 800 petitions to President Sherman

Members of the AFSCME Council 8 union hold petitions in the air as they march to Cutler Hall to deliver them to President Hugh Sherman.

Ohio University workers union delivers nearly 800 petitions to President Sherman

AFSCME supports bill that would further expand and improve loan forgiveness program

Thanks to efforts by the Biden administration and AFSCME, many public service workers, 

AFSCME supports bill that would further expand and improve loan forgiveness program