Month: March 2020

Hello all! We hope that you and yours are doing well, staying healthy, and practicing social distancing during this time of uncertainty due to the corona virus. Obviously, this situation has derailed a bit of our momentum, forcing us to cancel our in-person meetings until further notice. However, until we hear otherwise, we’re approaching things […]

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House has made sweeping changes to the country’s immigration apparatus, altering daily operations and disrupting the lives of thousands, says CNN. Since early March, there have been at least a dozen changes, ranging from postponing immigration hearings to pausing deportation flights to certain countries and suspending refugee […]

The Trump administration is trying to rescind protections for LGBTQ+ workers at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a continuation of worker attacks, according to the NLRB Professional Association (NLRBPA). Currently, LGBTQ+ workers at the NLRB, the federal agency responsible for enforcing labor law, are protected by a collective bargaining agreement that banned discrimination […]

Nine years ago, USW member E.J. Jenkins had a vision—he wanted to start conversations and ignite change in his community of Gary, Ind., a lakeside city just outside of Chicago struggling with mass joblessness and a housing crisis caused by a history of segregation and steel industry downturns. That vision led to what is now […]

LGBTQ working people will likely see a major impact – both in their health and their checkbooks – by the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. LGBTQ people have higher rates of smoking, a risk factor, as well as higher rates of cancer and other immune-compromised conditions, which are also risk factors with […]

Over 2 million Asian American and Pacific Islanders workers are facing xenophobic and racial discrimination in health care, transportation, and other workplaces in addition to increased exposure to communicable diseases, says the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA). Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the AFL-CIO constituency group is speaking up on how xenophobia and racism interact […]

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