Fairfax Connector bus service workers, members of ATU Local 689,
are on the 12th day of their strike. Photo from
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) reached a new
milestone of 300,055 members in February!
AFGE voices support for a new piece of legislation that would prevent states
witha history of voter discrimination from enacting new laws that would suppress
the vote. This is the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Named in honor of the late Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon and member of
Congress,the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was introduced in the Senate
by Sens. Dick Durbin and Raphael Warnock. The bill is needed because there have been
efforts to erodevoting rights since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark
law that removed race-based restrictions on voting such as literacy tests and poll taxes.
During a Thursday Austin (Texas) City Council meeting, a group of local Google
workers who are members of Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of
America (AWU-CWA) Local 9009 learned they’d lost their jobs while commenting on
a proposed city resolution intended to support their cause. Photo and text
from the AFL-CIO.
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