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Resolution to Protect the Department of Education and Our Kids

02 Mar, 2025

On Thursday, February 27th the Indiana-Armstrong CLC passed a resolution calling on Congress to protect the U.S. Department of Education and stand up for our kids and communities.

2025 Indiana-Armstrong CLC Scholarship

24 Jan, 2025

The Indiana-Armstrong CLC Scholarship application for 2025 is now available!

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24 Jan, 2025

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Trumka: The AFL-CIO Must Fight for Trans Lives Inside and Outside the Labor Movement

This month’s historic Supreme Court ruling that LGBTQ employees are protected in the workplace by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was another step forward in the march for equality.

30, Jun, 2020

2020-2021 NWPA ALF Scholarship Winners Announced

First, let us thank every student who applied for our scholarships and all of our judges who reviewed the essays and helped determine our winners.

25, Jun, 2020

What Is Owed: Without Economic Justice, There Can Be No True Equality

Race-neutral policies simply will not address the depth of disadvantage faced by people this country once believed were chattel. Financial restitution cannot end racism, of course, but it can certainly mitigate racism’s most devastating effects.

24, Jun, 2020

Video: Workers First Caravan for Racial + Economic Justice

Thousands of working people across the country joined together on June 17 in a national day of action. We called for the Senate to pass the HEROES Act and for Congress to take actions to address structural racism. The HEROES Act is grounded in America’s Five Economic Essentials that are desperately needed to keep working people safe and financially secure. This day of action was just the beginning. Today and every day that follows, working people will mobilize like never before to make the HEROES Act the law of the land and rid our institutions of systemic racism.

22, Jun, 2020

Trumka: Our crises demand bold action now

America is suffering under the crushing weight of three crises, which are a public health pandemic, an economic free fall, and structural racism. They are knotted together in that untangling one depends on how we untangle the others.

17, Jun, 2020

Trumka Calls Out Facebook Over Suggestion Employers Block the Word 'Unionize' on Workplace Platform

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has demanded an investigation from Facebook and a public apology from founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg after an online presentation touted the ability of employers to block the word "unionize" on the company's Workplace platform. "Blacklisting is illegal.

12, Jun, 2020