Lubbock Central Labor Council

We wish you and your loved ones a safe and happy Thanksgiving! With so much to be thankful for, be sure to check out our shareable graphics so you can spread the joy with your friends and family: https://afsc.me/3r2VG7b

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Workers deliver big win for Illinois public library and the community it serves More than 150 AFSCME members said no to threatened cuts to a Chicago-area public library’s budget – and prevailed.

SEIU Janitors' New Deal With City Contractors Guarantees Improved Wages, Healthcare, Fair Workloads Last Friday morning, members of Service Employees International Union Local 105 (SEIU Local 105) representing nearly 2,500 Denver janitors finalized an

LyondellBasell facility had history of violations before deadly chemical leak occurred Workers at a LyondellBasell facility in La Porte off of Miller Cut Off Road, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in La Porte. A chemical leak killed two people and sent 30 to the hospital on Tuesday night at a LyondellBasell facility near La Porte.Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer The...

Tell Gov. Abbott - #ExtendTheAid for Arts and Culture Workers When Governor Abbott recently announced the rejection of federal unemployment benefits for Texas workers, he did so in response to a few industries that claim a labor shortage. His indiscriminate action, which is effective June 26th, will hurt millions of Texas families. Not everyone who wants to re...

Promoting solidarity during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month AFSCME welcomed the National Employment Law Project’s Han Lu for a discussion of Asian American solidarity during Asian Pacific Heritage Month.

AFL-CIO urges U.S. to block imports of solar products from China's Xinjiang The leader of the AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor federation, is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to stop imports of solar products from China's Xinjiang region over human rights concerns.

Right to Work Defeated in Montana and Colorado However, a Right to Work bill continues forward in New Hampshire

In 1962, César Chávez founded the National Farm Workers Association to provide better working conditions and improved rights for farm workers in California and beyond.. His union would end up joining with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, striking against the exploitation of workers by grape growers in California, and the two organizations later merged to become the United Farm Workers.

The UFW was one of the most politically powerful and ethnically diverse labor unions in the U.S. in the 1970s. Dolores Huerta, the leader and cofounder of the UFW, was also the first woman to lead a union like this. The Grape Boycott, which she helped organized, became one of the most significant social justice movements for farm workers in the United States.

As we celebrate and honor National Hispanic Heritage Month, we want to remember the accomplishments and strides that so many Hispanic individuals made for the United States.
Reference:
The California Farm Workers' Struggle by César Chávez
The Black Scholar Journal of Black Studies and Research Volume 7, 1976 - Issue 9

AFL-CIO Looks Forward to Working with President-Elect Joe Biden | AFL-CIO Democracy is prevailing. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory in this free and fair election is a win for America’s labor movement. Everywhere in every way, working people are heroically and resiliently fighting back against this pandemic, its economic fall out, chronic income inequality and sys...

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AFSCME challenges federal panel’s blatantly anti-labor policies The Federal Labor Relations Authority has issued blatantly anti-worker statements – and AFSCME is having none of it.

Federal judge strikes down Trump plan to slash food stamps for 700,000 unemployed Americans The move to end state waivers for a work requirement, suspended during the pandemic, is part of the Trump administration’s plans to restrict the food safety net.

Members get the word out please!

English Learn about the 2020 Census - how to respond, and why it matters. Shape your future. START HERE.

Losing His Grip on Power, Abbott Seeks to Suppress Vote In the most important election of our lives, working families will vote in record numbers no matter what Abbott says or does.

In San Antonio, AFSCME members win victory against layoffs AFSCME members in San Antonio fought to avoid layoffs and furloughs due to the pandemic.

TAKE ACTION: Urge Congress to support now with $32 billion in emergency funding. Our communities need to keep systems safely operating through the crisis. Raise your voice now for public transportation! https://voicesforpublictransit.org/actionalerts/

All area local's members, if your union is affiliated with the Lubbock Central Labor Council, contact your organizer and have them contact our office if you are in need of face masks for your work place. The Afl-cio is sending us a small shipment next week to distribute to our affiliated Lubbock CLC locals. Thank you, Miguel Torres, pres., Lubbock CLC.

Union plans to distribute PPE to frontline public employees On Saturday, The Washington and Frederick County State Employees Union (AFSCME Local 354) and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Council 3 will mark six months since

Billion-dollar meatpacking companies fined total of $30,000 after 10 worker COVID deaths, 1,600 infections JBS meatpacking and Smithfield Foods are both upset about the fines, naturally.

Postal workers union endorses Biden, warns 'survival' of USPS at stake