Political & Legislative Action
NYC Labor Votes
Building on the Labor Counts! Census 2020 campaign from 2018-2020, Labor Votes! will focus on educating, engaging and facilitating union members’ and their households’ ability to cast their ballot during the 2020 and 2021 elections. Labor Votes! is the member-to-member political program of the NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
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On Tuesday, postal workers who are members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) rallied with the public in front of postal facilities across the country to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s substandard performance and service to communities.
The devastation and loss of life we’re all seeing and reading about in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene is historic and catastrophic in nature. In response to the disaster, the AFL-CIO has activated its Union Community Fund.
Union members in New York City are fired up to get out the vote for worker-friendly candidates up and down the ballot! Events are happening both locally and in nearby battleground states and we are all-in!
On Thursday, during New York City Climate Week, the New York City Council passed landmark legislation that will require New York City to install solar panels on public buildings, setting a nation-leading model for how big cities can develop clean energy on public buildings.
On Wednesday, NYC CLC Chief of Staff Brendan Griffith testified before the NYC Council Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection in support of Intro 865, a bill that
Union members in New York City are fired up to get out the vote for worker-friendly candidates up and down the ballot! Events are happening both locally and in nearby battleground states and we are all-in!
Intro 865 - Worker Fatality Bill
The Worker Fatality Bill, Int. No. 865, was introduced by Council Member Carmen De La Rosa on May 16, 2024.
On Saturday, September 7, more than 85,000 workers and their families took to the streets in a powerful and vibrant display of solidarity and pride, marching twenty blocks past tens of thousands of spectators who turned out in support.
As we celebrate another well-deserved Labor Day weekend, I want to take the opportunity to extend our gratitude to all of you for your activism and solidarity throughout the year.
Support for unions stays strong as a majority of Americans continue to view labor unions in a positive light, according to a new Gallup survey released Wednesday.