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SAG-AFTRA Statement on Federal Production Incentives
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 2 -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following statement by President Sean Astin and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator:
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SAG-AFTRA Statement on Federal Production Incentives
The following statement is from SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin and National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
"Production is the lifeblood of our industry and the communities that support it. President Trump's vocal and determined leadership in calling
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LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 2 -- The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following statement by President Sean Astin and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator:
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SAG-AFTRA Statement on Federal Production Incentives
The following statement is from SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin and National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.
"Production is the lifeblood of our industry and the communities that support it. President Trump's vocal and determined leadership in callingfor federal production incentives is exactly what the entertainment industry needs. SAG-AFTRA member Jon Voight has also been a strong advocate for bringing more film and television production back to the United States, and we recognize his efforts to advance this important goal. We're encouraged to see the administration recognize the importance of strengthening our domestic production industry and move in this direction.
"As our industry undergoes profound transformation and confronts unprecedented technological change, including the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence, it is more important than ever to ensure that the United States remains a global leader in film and television production. In recent years, we have watched too many productions and middle-class jobs leave the country for jurisdictions offering more competitive incentives.
"A federal film and television production incentive will help bring more productions and thousands of jobs back to the United States, while creating new opportunities for entertainment professionals and the many businesses that support our industry in communities across the country. We urge Congress to act swiftly on the president's call. SAG-AFTRA stands ready to work with the administration, Congress and our industry partners to turn this momentum into concrete policy that delivers more production and good union jobs here at home."
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About SAG-AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other entertainment and media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. A proud affiliate of the AFL-CIO, SAG-AFTRA has national offices in Los Angeles and New York and local offices nationwide representing members working together to secure the strongest protections for entertainment and media artists into the 21st century and beyond. Visit SAG-AFTRA online at SAGAFTRA.org.
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Original text here: https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-statement-federal-production-incentives
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NEA President Princess Moss Begins Term Leading Nation's Largest Labor Union
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2026:
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NEA President Princess Moss begins term leading nation's largest labor union
Moss represents nearly 3 million educators and education support professionals from every state and territory
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Princess R. Moss begins her term today as president of the National Education Association (NEA), leading the nation's largest labor union and representing nearly 3 million educators and education support professionals in every state and territory. Moss was elected at the NEA's 105th Representative
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The National Education Association issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2026:
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NEA President Princess Moss begins term leading nation's largest labor union
Moss represents nearly 3 million educators and education support professionals from every state and territory
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Princess R. Moss begins her term today as president of the National Education Association (NEA), leading the nation's largest labor union and representing nearly 3 million educators and education support professionals in every state and territory. Moss was elected at the NEA's 105th RepresentativeAssembly in July.
An elementary school music teacher and longtime advocate for students, educators, and public schools, Moss previously served as NEA vice president and secretary-treasurer. She is a former president of the Virginia Education Association, where she helped advance collective bargaining rights and greater investment in public education. Moss has served on numerous education and nonprofit boards and was appointed by two Virginia governors to statewide education leadership positions. She holds a bachelor's degree in music education from the University of Mary Washington and a master's degree in educational administration and supervision from the University of Virginia.
"I am deeply honored to serve as the president of the National Education Association, and I carry the trust educators have placed in me with both gratitude and humility," said Moss. "I came to this work as a classroom teacher, and that will always be at the heart of how I lead. I want every educator to know that I see you, I hear you, and I understand the responsibility you carry every day for your students. And I want every student, no matter their race, background, ZIP code or circumstances, to have a public school where they are supported, challenged, celebrated, and given every opportunity to thrive.
As president, Moss will focus on moving NEA from resistance to renaissance by giving a voice to every member and ensuring that they are engaged every day, not just during the big moments. Central to that vision is a commitment to continuous organizing and leadership rooted in the experiences of educators themselves. Moss believes NEA's local and state affiliates are its most important eyes and ears, and she intends to ensure that the voices of members on the ground help shape the union's national direction. Her priorities also include elevating educator expertise in policymaking, organizing around the issues that unite people across political lines, and making the case for greater federal and state investment in public education.
"We have spent years standing up against efforts to weaken public education, and we will never stop defending our students," said Moss. "But this moment also calls us to build. I want us to imagine what becomes possible when the people closest to our students help set our direction, and when we use our collective voice not only to respond to decisions but to shape them. That is how we move from resistance to renaissance."
Moss's commitment to public education is deeply personal. Both of her parents were school bus drivers who believed in the power of a good public school to expand what was possible for a student. As a young teacher, Moss experienced firsthand the power of organizing when she joined with parents to successfully fight to save a school band program she had helped establish. Those experiences shaped a leadership philosophy grounded in truth, love, and justice.
Last week, Moss embarked on a nationwide back-to-school tour, traveling to communities across the country to hear directly from educators, students, parents, and community members about what they need to thrive. The tour includes stops in Virginia, California, Washington, Idaho, Ohio, Iowa, and Michigan, highlighting the experiences of those on the front lines of public education and reinforcing NEA's commitment to listening to and amplifying their voices.
"This tour has reminded me that the most important lessons are often learned by showing up, listening, and learning from the people who know their schools and communities best," said Moss. "Every conversation has deepened my understanding of what our students, educators, and families need--and what is possible when we build solutions together."
Moss will serve a three-year term alongside Vice President Noel Candelaria, a special education teacher from Texas who previously served as secretary-treasurer, and Secretary-Treasurer Robert Varela Rodriguez, a special education teacher from California and a former member of the NEA Executive Committee.
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The National Education Association is the nation's largest labor union, representing nearly 3 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, students preparing to become teachers, healthcare workers, and public employees. Learn more at www.nea.org.
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Original text here: https://www.nea.org/about-nea/media-center/press-releases/nea-president-princess-moss-begins-term-leading-nations-largest-labor-union
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AFL-CIO President: Working People Are Hurting, Don't See Politicians Showing Up for Them
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The AFL-CIO issued the following news release:
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AFL-CIO President: Working People Are Hurting, Don't See Politicians Showing Up for Them
The annual 'State of the Unions' address premiered new polling showing union trust higher than either political party ahead of the midterm elections
Video of Speech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QKSUxQxtw)
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Ahead of Labor Day, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler warned about workers' struggles with high costs and detailed the labor movement's plans for the 2026 midterm elections.
In her fourth annual "State of the Unions" address,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The AFL-CIO issued the following news release:
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AFL-CIO President: Working People Are Hurting, Don't See Politicians Showing Up for Them
The annual 'State of the Unions' address premiered new polling showing union trust higher than either political party ahead of the midterm elections
Video of Speech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8QKSUxQxtw)
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Ahead of Labor Day, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler warned about workers' struggles with high costs and detailed the labor movement's plans for the 2026 midterm elections.
In her fourth annual "State of the Unions" address,Shuler emphasized the pain working people are feeling, the lack of trust working-class voters have in politicians and that electing pro-worker candidates will rely on working people talking to their neighbors.
"This Labor Day, shit's too expensive," said Shuler in her address. "That's what 94% of workers told us, in our new poll. Four out of five say: paychecks aren't keeping up with the cost of living--groceries, rent, child care, gas."
"Workers are sick and tired of both parties: Republicans who enable a White House that has made our life worse and more expensive at every turn. Who have rubber-stamped Trump's needless wars, chaotic tariffs and attacks on our communities. And at the same time, we have too many Democrats who pay lip service to working people, say they understand us, and want our votes on Election Day--and then take office and cozy up to the same corporations we're fighting on the picket lines. This year, it's time to put the full weight of the labor movement behind candidates who will actually deliver for working people."
The 2026 "State of the Unions" also included new polling that surveyed thousands of working people, including both union members and those not yet in a union. Key findings include:
* Trust in unions exceeds trust in the Democratic Party by 20 points (52% to 32%), and workers are twice as likely to trust unions than to trust the Republican Party (52% to 26%).
* Young workers ages 18-30 trust labor unions (61%) more than twice as much as they trust the Democratic Party (28%) or the Republican Party (22%). Among young men, the trust gap is 40 points between unions and Democrats (63% to 23%) and 43 points between unions and Republicans (63% to 20%).
* The only group workers trust more than unions is their own neighbors (75%).
* For five years running, 7 in 10 Americans say they support unions--the highest level of support in a generation.
* By a 2-to-1 margin, people say unions are more needed today than in the past, and say increasing union membership is the single best way Americans can get a raise.
* More workers than ever want a union on the job. Among those ages 18-30, 57% who aren't in a union say they'd join one at their most recent workplace, up 10 points since last year. Workers are more likely to say the path to higher wages is through more people belonging to unions or electing candidates endorsed by unions (22%) than through electing Democrats (20%) or Republicans (19%).
The address comes as union membership has hit a 16-year high, with nearly a half-million workers across the country joining a union last year, 92% of them younger than 40. It is with that increased strength and unions' singular relationships with their members that the labor movement will turn out 2 million more union voters than in 2024 and train 50,000 election protection volunteers for November.
President Shuler's address can be viewed here and her remarks in full are below.
The polling was conducted in coordination with David Binder Research. A memo of the full results can be found here (https://aflcio.org/sites/default/files/2026-09/DBR_2026_AFLCIO_Labor_Day_Survey_Summary_8.31.pdf).
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2026 State of the Unions Address
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler
Remarks as Delivered
This Labor Day, shit's too expensive.
That's what 94% of workers told us, in our new poll. Four out of five say: paychecks aren't keeping up with the cost of living--groceries, rent, child care, gas.
This is happening, by the way, in a country where CEOs now make an average of 312 times what the median worker makes. CEOs got a 21% raise in one year--who else gets that?
Democrat, Republican, Independent--whatever your politics, this economy isn't working for working people.
So how do we build a better one? The answer is growing the power workers have--joining together, building our numbers so we can demand more.
Last year in our State of the Unions, we said we'd put together the single biggest year of action in our history. We talked about organizing everywhere, getting more young people into our movement, bringing people together around unions and what we fight for. A year later, we have more union workers in this country than we've had in 16 years. Nearly half a million workers joined a union last year--almost all of them under the age of 40.
So this June, our unions voted to double down and organize 2 million more workers into unions over the next five years. We're going to deliver a Workers' First AI Agenda, making sure technology works for working people, not just billionaires and corporations. We're going to keep fighting for good housing, better pay, health care and retirement--and bringing good union jobs to everyone.
But these things don't just happen.
The labor laws in our country are rigged against workers trying to form a union, so it's harder to organize. It's harder to win on AI when we have politicians--Republicans and Democrats alike--who cash checks from Big Tech CEOs instead of doing their job and regulating them.
It's harder to build worker power when the people in charge are working every day to undermine the movement that gives working people a voice.
That's why these midterm elections matter. If we don't right the ship in November, it gets *that much harder* to build an economy that works for all of us.
We're 63 days from Election Day and here's what we know:
Workers are sick and tired of both parties: Republicans who enable a White House that has made our life worse and more expensive at every turn. Who have rubber-stamped Trump's needless wars, chaotic tariffs and attacks on our communities. And at the same time, we have too many Democrats who pay lip service to working people, say they understand us, and want our votes on Election Day--and then take office and cozy up to the same corporations we're fighting on the picket lines.
This year, it's time to put the full weight of the labor movement behind candidates who will actually deliver for working people.
We've endorsed worker-first candidates in battleground states, governor's races, Senate races, House districts. Democrats, moderates, Republicans, Democratic socialists, independents and everything in between. They all have one thing in common: they've proven they're ready to fight for us. And over the next two months, we're going to throw everything we have into electing them.
First, we're going to turn out union voters and their families on a scale we never have before.
Two years ago, in 2024, the three closest Senate races in the country were in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. The total number of votes that decided those races? Sixty-three thousand combined.
We have enough union members and union family members to make that margin. Think about the different world we'd live in right now with just a little more turnout.That's why we're setting a goal of 16 million union voters and their families, 2 million more than the last midterms.
The second thing we have to do, more than we ever have before, is protect and defend the vote in this election.
Unions helped get the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965. Growing up, I remember hearing stories about union members standing at polling places, making sure their neighbors knew how to cast a ballot. We've done it every single election year, and we're going to step up again, right now, when the right to vote of so many Americans is under attack.
We're training 50,000 election protectors to staff every battleground district in the country.
We're going to be there with our yellow vests at polling places, helping people navigate the process. Letting people know their rights before Election Day. And guess what? Even after the election, we're going to keep our election protectors right there on the ground, including legal support, making sure every single vote is counted.
Look: none of this is going to be easy. Those same CEOs and billionaires I spoke about earlier, who've gotten wealthier by the minute? They're using that money to buy influence, to buy these midterms.
The 50 biggest individual political donors have already spent more than $1.6 billion on the 2026 election cycle. Elon Musk--one guy--is ready to spend as much as $200 million the next few months alone.
We can't outspend them. We can't compete with the billionaire TV ads. But we don't have to.
Our answer is people talking to people. It's the trust, the relationships that union workers have all over America. We are the antidote to billionaire money.
In our polling this year, workers told us there's only one group in this country they trust more than unions: their own neighbors. That shouldn't surprise us. Because union members are people's neighbors. We're the nurse down the street; the teacher in your kid's classroom. The people who coach Little League, volunteer at the food pantry and sit next to each other at church.
Those relationships and the trust that comes with them are a superpower no other institution has. And as we mobilize every day from now until November, that's what we're going to lean on. Billionaires can buy their yachts, they can buy their rocket ships--but they cannot buy our democracy, and we're not going to let them try.
One midterm election is not going to fix every problem. It won't fix our broken labor laws overnight. It won't organize 2 million more workers into unions. We have to do those things, and we will. But winning in November--righting the ship--puts us directly on the path.
So from now until November 3, every day is an all-out sprint. We are the only movement that can do this at scale--that has the trust, the infrastructure, the know-how. We're going to talk to workers who are frustrated, who have never voted before, who have stopped believing politics can deliver for them.
And our message is simple: We have power. Our vote gives us power. Our voice on the job gives us power. Our unions give us power. And when millions of workers act together, no billionaire can beat us.
Working people are hurting. Working people are angry. But this Labor Day, the State of the Unions is clear: We're motivated. We're mobilized. We're ready. And we're going to win.
Sixty-three days left. Let's make every single one count.
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Original text here: https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-president-working-people-are-hurting-dont-see-politicians-showing-them
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National Federation of Federal Employees Denounces Proposed Giveaway of Yosemite National Park Land to Private Real Estate Developer
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 [Category: Union] -- The National Federation of Federal Employees issued the following news release:
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NFFE Denounces Proposed Giveaway of Yosemite National Park Land to Private Real Estate Developer
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Washington, DC - Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) denounces the Trump Administration's proposed land trade between the National Park Service and real estate developer and investment firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital. This backroom deal would hand over a parcel of Yosemite National Park land in order to grant private access to the park for Kingsbarn's
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 [Category: Union] -- The National Federation of Federal Employees issued the following news release:
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NFFE Denounces Proposed Giveaway of Yosemite National Park Land to Private Real Estate Developer
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Washington, DC - Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) denounces the Trump Administration's proposed land trade between the National Park Service and real estate developer and investment firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital. This backroom deal would hand over a parcel of Yosemite National Park land in order to grant private access to the park for Kingsbarn's83-acre development on the western boundary of Yosemite.
"This deal is a slap in the face to the American people and National Park Service workers," said NFFE National President Randy Erwin. "Since 1864 when President Lincoln federally protected the Yosemite Valley, this land has been preserved for the enjoyment and recreation of generations of Americans, past and present. We cannot allow any National Park land, via exchange or otherwise, to be given away in the interest of private profit."
The deal has reportedly been privately negotiated since the spring of 2025, yet Kingsbarn's land for its end of the deal has yet to be declared. The National Park Service has received the same privatization request in the past, going back over two decades, and has repeatedly rejected the proposal.
"This backroom deal follows the Trump Administration cutting National Park Service staffing by 25 percent, more than 4,000 permanent employees," Erwin continued. "It is frankly disgusting that the President thinks he can decimate the federal agency tasked with the sacred mission of caring for our National Parks while essentially giving away those public lands so private firms can reap the rewards of spaces meant for the American public. This union and the National Park Service employees we represent strongly oppose this deal, as do Americans across the country."
"Allowing Yosemite National Park to be sold off or traded to a private developer would set a very disturbing precedent," concluded Erwin, "If we allow the Trump Administration to start trading or selling off our cherished lands in any way, that dam will burst wide open, and our cherished public lands will start to be sold off left and right. We owe it to our children to prevent that from happening."
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Original text here: https://www.nffe.org/press-release/nffe-denounces-proposed-giveaway-of-yosemite-national-park-land-to-private-real-estate-developer/
Watsonville Community Hospital nurses rally to save NICU
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 28 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Watsonville Community Hospital nurses rally to save NICU
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Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) in Watsonville, California, will hold a rally on Monday, Aug. 31, to protest the Watsonville Community Hospital Administration and Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board of Supervisor's closure of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) services. Nurses at WCH are represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU).
"Vulnerable newborns and their
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Aug. 28 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Watsonville Community Hospital nurses rally to save NICU
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Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) in Watsonville, California, will hold a rally on Monday, Aug. 31, to protest the Watsonville Community Hospital Administration and Pajaro Valley Health Care District Board of Supervisor's closure of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) services. Nurses at WCH are represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU).
"Vulnerable newborns and theirfamilies rely on our public safety net hospital," said Roseann Farris, RN from Watsonville in the critical care unit. "Nurses are calling on the administration and Hospital Board to reverse this decision, invest in staffing, and immediately reopen our NICU. Our community deserves a fully functioning hospital with access to life-saving care. Nurses took an oath to advocate for our patients, and we will not be silent when their health is put at risk."
Who: Watsonville Community Hospital nurses
What: Reopen our NICU Speak Out and press conference
When: Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, 12 p.m.
Where: Watsonville Community Hospital, 75 Nielson St., Watsonville, California
The sudden closure of the NICU puts the lives of newborns at serious risk. In July, Watsonville nurses had multiple meetings with hospital management and Interim CEO Tim Moran to discuss the planned closure. The nurses also held a Speak Out at the hospital's monthly Board of Directors' meeting on July 29 to urge the District to put patients before profits and reopen the NICU for our community's vulnerable newborns.
This is the latest blow to patient care at the facility. WCH administration has merged some units and threatened to close others. The NICU closure is the newest and perhaps most alarming service shutdown yet.
The only other full service acute care hospital in Santa Cruz County is Dignity Health's Dominican Hospital, leaving WCH patients with only one option for NICU care in the county. The next closest options are in Monterrey, creating transportation time that could threaten patients.
The county's agricultural workers, many immigrants and low-income, will be left without access to maternal care services in their vicinity without the WCH NICU on top of existing service cuts such as the merger of medical surgical and telemetry units or the closure of critical care unit services. CNA union nurses are taking a stand to ensure equal care and access is maintained.
CNA/NNU represents approximately 300 registered nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the nation with more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California and more than 225,000 RNs nationwide.
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Original text here: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/watsonville-community-hospital-nurses-rally-to-save-nicu
Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Missouri's Fred Wellman for Election to Congress
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Missouri's Fred Wellman for Election to Congress
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AFGE says Wellman is a military veteran who will fight for a strong federal workforce
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Fred Wellman for election to Congress representing Missouri's 2nd Congressional District in the 2026 election. Wellman won the district wide primary in August. The general election
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Missouri's Fred Wellman for Election to Congress
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AFGE says Wellman is a military veteran who will fight for a strong federal workforce
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Fred Wellman for election to Congress representing Missouri's 2nd Congressional District in the 2026 election. Wellman won the district wide primary in August. The general electionis Nov. 3.
Wellman, a 22-year military veteran and the son of a veteran and longtime federal employee, understands that mission failure often begins when leaders fail to provide the workforce and resources necessary to accomplish the mission. Wellman has committed to rebuilding federal capacity and standing with the public servants who keep our country running.
"Fred knows firsthand that you cannot serve our veterans, support our military, or deliver the services Americans depend on without a strong, respected federal workforce. At a time when federal employees and their collective bargaining rights have been under unprecedented attack, we need lawmakers who will stand up, speak out, and fight alongside them. We believe Fred will be that kind of representative for Missouri's 2nd Congressional District," AFGE District 9 National Vice President Shane Reedy said.
Nearly 53,000 federal employees live in Missouri -caring for veterans, supporting the military, and making sure Social Security recipients get their benefits accurately and on time.
AFGE is the largest federal employee union in the country, representing more than 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers in all functions of government. AFGE represents more than 56,000 federal employees in District 9, which includes Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
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Original text here: https://www.afge.org/link/ee5be8561cb94a0ca2f30031953f22fb.aspx
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler Named to TIME's Fourth Annual List of the TIME100 AI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The AFL-CIO issued the following news release:
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AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler Named to TIME's Fourth Annual List of the TIME100 AI
TIME named AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to the 2026 TIME100 AI, a list recognizing the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence (AI).
Shuler has led the labor movement's response to ensure workers have a voice in how AI's development and implementation affect their livelihoods. Under the president's leadership, unions have won key protections in union contracts related to the implementation of AI technology on the job, and
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The AFL-CIO issued the following news release:
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AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler Named to TIME's Fourth Annual List of the TIME100 AI
TIME named AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to the 2026 TIME100 AI, a list recognizing the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence (AI).
Shuler has led the labor movement's response to ensure workers have a voice in how AI's development and implementation affect their livelihoods. Under the president's leadership, unions have won key protections in union contracts related to the implementation of AI technology on the job, andadvanced pro-worker AI policy in Congress and state legislatures.
"I am honored to be included in this year's TIME100 AI list--a recognition that belongs to every worker fighting for fair, safe and equitable jobs in the face of the AI revolution," said Shuler. "We're at the most important fork in the road our economy has faced in a hundred years. There is no worker and no industry this does not touch, and every job is now a technology job. But the labor movement has been here for every transformation of our economy, and we will build a future that works for all of us. Thank you to the team at TIME for recognizing labor's essential role in the conversation about how we get there."
Shuler founded the AFL-CIO Technology Institute in 2021 to ensure working people's knowledge, expertise, and interests are centered in the innovation economy and that technological change benefits workers, not just the wealthy and corporations. Under her leadership, the AFL-CIO and its Tech Institute have convened experts in policy, labor law, and organizing, and worked with affiliated unions to develop the "Workers First Initiative on AI," the first comprehensive labor movement agenda establishing principles on AI technology. They also convened the AFL-CIO's AI Task Force to fight for commonsense, strong AI guardrails at the state and local levels.
To assemble the list, TIME's editors and reporters examined the key stories in AI over the past year and consulted with expert sources and industry leaders for recommendations. The result is a list of 100 leaders, innovators, shapers and thinkers who have a stake in the future of AI.
See the full list here: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/
The TIME100 AI 2026 will appear in the Sept. 7 issue of TIME, available on newsstands Friday, Aug. 28.
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Original text here: https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-president-liz-shuler-named-times-fourth-annual-list-time100-ai
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