Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was signed into law on March 18, 2020, and requires certain employers to provide employees with paid sick leave and expanded family medical leave for specified reasons…
The Ohio AFL-CIO recognizes the leadership shown from the Governor's office as well as the bipartisanship in the State House during this Covid-19 crisis. We believe this bill is a great first step in protecting the working people of Ohio,…
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which has passed both the Senate and the House, includes important provisions to mitigate the sharp economic decline already unfolding. But policymakers’ efforts should not end with this bill. They will…
The state of Ohio has been nationally recognized as a leader in implementing policies and directives in the effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Gov. Mike DeWine has decisively directed state agencies to take necessary measures…
During this difficult time, it is imperative that society come together to keep one another safe, and as always, trade unionists will do our part to protect and serve. We will also continue to bring forth a worker perspective as…
COLUMBUS -- In 2017, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner took sides with Fuyao against Ohio workers who were trying to organize, but today a federal agency is investigating the Chinese-owned company for illegally suppressing unionization efforts at their Moraine plant. “Three…
Members of the nation’s largest federation of labor unions can for the first time earn an online bachelor’s degree from Central State University. CSU President Cynthia Jackson-Hammond and President of Union Privilege Mitch Stevens announced last week that 12.5 million…
Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Good afternoon. Thank you, Speaker Pelosi, for your leadership. And thank you, Jennifer (Womack), for your courage. How many of you saw Verizon’s commercial on Super Bowl Sunday? It captured the duty, responsibility and…
Four presidential candidates emphasized the need to repair existing infrastructure and construct systems that meet future needs at a public forum in Las Vegas. United for Infrastructure, a nonpartisan institution that focuses on educating the public and policymakers on infrastructure…
Beginning in 1960, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and then-President George Meany of the AFL-CIO began a relationship that would help bring the labor and civil rights movements together with a combined focus on social and economic justice. Meany was…