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National Education Union: Zane's Law Campaign Forces Independent Inquiry
LONDON, England, July 15 -- The National Education Union issued the following news release:
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Zane's Law campaign forces independent inquiry
Zane's Law is named after seven-year-old Zane Gbangbola, who died on 8 February 2014 when contaminated floodwater from a toxic landfill site passed through into the basement of his family's home. His father, Kye Gbangbola, was left paralysed by the same incident.
Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"Zane and his parents deserve nothing less than this independent inquiry which was a long time coming but is finally
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LONDON, England, July 15 -- The National Education Union issued the following news release:
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Zane's Law campaign forces independent inquiry
Zane's Law is named after seven-year-old Zane Gbangbola, who died on 8 February 2014 when contaminated floodwater from a toxic landfill site passed through into the basement of his family's home. His father, Kye Gbangbola, was left paralysed by the same incident.
Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"Zane and his parents deserve nothing less than this independent inquiry which was a long time coming but is finallyannounced today.
"While the outcome of this inquiry will not bring Zane back it is a testimony to his parents' tireless campaigning that the Government has been forced to listen. The outcome of this inquiry must ensure that more robust measures are put in place to properly regulate contaminated land and water.
"The NEU alongside the wider trade union movement has fully supported Kye and Nicole Gbangbola. We need to see greater protection for communities from the dangers of toxic landfill to prevent further tragedies."
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Original text here: https://neu.org.uk/latest/press-releases/zanes-law-campaign-forces-independent-inquiry?_locale=en
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AFL-CIO Demands Accountability After ICE Killings of Workers in Texas, Maine
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The AFL-CIO issued the following statement by President Liz Shuler:
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AFL-CIO Demands Accountability After ICE Killings of Workers in Texas, Maine
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to the fatal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shootings in Houston and Biddeford, Maine:
Six months after federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, ICE continues to kill working people. In just the last week, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work in Houston, and now Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero is dead
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WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The AFL-CIO issued the following statement by President Liz Shuler:
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AFL-CIO Demands Accountability After ICE Killings of Workers in Texas, Maine
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to the fatal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shootings in Houston and Biddeford, Maine:
Six months after federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, ICE continues to kill working people. In just the last week, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work in Houston, and now Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero is deadfollowing an ICE operation in Biddeford, Maine. This cannot become the new normal. No one should have to fear that going to work or driving through their communities could become a death sentence. We grieve with the families and everyone harmed by this escalating violence.
These horrific tragedies are the predictable result of a system that has allowed federal immigration agencies to operate with too little accountability and too few safeguards to protect workers, families and communities. Congress must act immediately to establish meaningful guardrails on ICE's operations and strengthen oversight to ensure that officers--and those giving their orders--are held accountable to the law. There must be full, transparent and independent investigations into what happened in Texas and Maine, and active steps taken to prevent further needless loss of life.
The AFL-CIO will continue to stand with immigrant workers, demand accountability, and defend civil and human rights. We will fight for an economy where every worker--no matter where they were born--can work with dignity, return home safely and live free from fear. And we will continue to advocate for a long-overdue pathway to citizenship for the millions of immigrant workers who are essential to our economy, our communities and the strength of our labor movement.
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Original text here: https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-demands-accountability-after-ice-killings-workers-texas-maine
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Rep. Sharice Davids for Reelection to Congress
WASHINGTON, July 14 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Rep. Sharice Davids for Reelection to Congress
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Rep. Davids has 100% voting record on AFGE's top legislative issues
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -The American Federation of Government Employees proudly announces its endorsement of Rep. Sharice Davids for reelection to Congress representing Kansas' 3 rd Congressional District. The statewide primary is Aug. 4, and the general election is Nov. 3.
Rep. Davids has demonstrated
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WASHINGTON, July 14 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Government Employees issued the following news release:
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Rep. Sharice Davids for Reelection to Congress
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Rep. Davids has 100% voting record on AFGE's top legislative issues
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -The American Federation of Government Employees proudly announces its endorsement of Rep. Sharice Davids for reelection to Congress representing Kansas' 3 rd Congressional District. The statewide primary is Aug. 4, and the general election is Nov. 3.
Rep. Davids has demonstrateda strong and consistent commitment to federal employees and working families. In 2025, she maintained a 100% voting record in support of AFGE-backed issues, standing firmly with federal workers during one of the most significant periods of attacks on their rights, including efforts to weaken collective bargaining protections.
"Representative Davids didn't just talk about supporting federal employees; she showed up when it mattered most," AFGE District 9 National Vice President Shane Reedy said. "She had a 100% voting record for AFGE members in 2025 and proved she had our backs during some of the toughest fights we've faced. Now it's our turn to have hers."
Throughout the past year, AFGE members across District 9 have worked to push back against policies that threaten the federal workforce, including efforts to undermine workplace protections, cut benefits, and erode collective bargaining rights. Representative Davids stood alongside AFGE members in these fights, advocating for fair treatment, respect, and dignity for public servants.
More than 21,800 federal employees live in Kansas -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/e0388d84d06b4ef294af932bb6da9343.aspx
National Nurses United condemns ICE murder in Maine
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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National Nurses United condemns ICE murder in Maine
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National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, is today condemning the latest murder by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, this time in Biddeford, Maine. NNU maintains that the only way forward on this issue of fascist authoritarian violence targeting communities nationwide is the abolition of ICE. This latest horror comes just days after ICE's murder of Lorenzo
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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National Nurses United condemns ICE murder in Maine
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National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, is today condemning the latest murder by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, this time in Biddeford, Maine. NNU maintains that the only way forward on this issue of fascist authoritarian violence targeting communities nationwide is the abolition of ICE. This latest horror comes just days after ICE's murder of LorenzoSalgado Araujo in Texas.
"ICE's use of deadly force has been met with complete impunity despite mass calls for justice and for ICE's abolition," said Puneet Maharaj, executive director of NNU. "They are killing our neighbors in the streets, and no one in Washington seems prepared to hold them accountable. That's an unacceptable situation, and it must be corrected. We need accountability for these murderers, and we need an end to ICE as an institution."
"Our communities in Maine have already been subjected to horrors by these agents," said Matthew MacDonald, RN in the surgical intensive care unit at Maine Medical Center in Portland. "It's past time for ICE to get off our streets and out of our communities, and the people in power in Washington need to make that happen before more people are killed by their federal agents."
The Trump administration continues to spread terror in nurses' communities by targeting innocent people of color through "Kavanaugh stops" that empower agents to target victims based on racial profiling. The fundamental orientation of ICE's so-called enforcement activity is overt racism, tragically resulting once again in deadly force, as overt racism so often has throughout history. Meanwhile, Congress and the White House have advanced a legislative class war against working people, defunding hundreds of hospitals to fund ICE.
Significantly, the current administration and its cronies are also criminalizing dissent against this campaign of terror. From federal charges against anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota to sentencing protesters and activists in Texas to raiding the offices of non-profit organizations in Ohio, these coordinated attacks are aimed to undermine our democracy and strip away our freedoms.
Nurses are committed to building the solidarity needed to protect our patients and communities from these escalating attacks by officials under the Trump administration. NNU has consistently called for ICE's abolition, and nurses have taken several actions to demand an end to this campaign of community harassment and endangerment.
NNU represents more than 225,000 nurses across the nation and advocates for policies and legislation that improve the lives of nurses and communities everywhere.
National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States with more than 225,000 members nationwide. NNU affiliates include California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, DC Nurses Association, Michigan Nurses Association, Minnesota Nurses Association, and New York State Nurses Association.
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Original text here: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/national-nurses-united-condemns-ice-murder-in-maine
Kaiser nurses protest CEO's appearance at AHA Leadership Summit
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Kaiser nurses protest CEO's appearance at AHA Leadership Summit
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Registered nurses from Kaiser Permanente facilities across California protested today outside the American Hospital Association (AHA) Leadership Summit in Denver, Colo., where Kaiser CEO Greg A. Adams is scheduled to speak this week.
The nurses, represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (CNA/NNOC/NNU), expressed dismay at Kaiser's accelerating reliance
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Kaiser nurses protest CEO's appearance at AHA Leadership Summit
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Registered nurses from Kaiser Permanente facilities across California protested today outside the American Hospital Association (AHA) Leadership Summit in Denver, Colo., where Kaiser CEO Greg A. Adams is scheduled to speak this week.
The nurses, represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (CNA/NNOC/NNU), expressed dismay at Kaiser's accelerating relianceon untested technology in patient care, raising concerns that Kaiser executives are putting patients at risk to chase business trends.
"If technology like artificial intelligence has a place in patient care, it should be a place that nurses help figure out," said Terah Deason, RN in interventional radiology at Kaiser's Santa Rosa Medical Center. "But Kaiser has made clear that they have no qualms about replacing real human health care workers with this tech, and we can't standby silently while the impacts of those decisions affect our patients."
"Kaiser is one of the biggest and most influential health care systems in the country," said Natalie Rommel, RN at Kaiser's Roseville Medical Center. "That's the reason our CEO is speaking at this conference, and it's the reason why we have to demand better from them as the nurses at the bedside in Kaiser facilities."
According to the event's website, Adams is there to discuss "how promising ideas are turned into transformation at scale" with a "focus on moving from pilots to everyday practice" and "aligning people and technology to support care redesign." The appearance promises "practical insights" on "advancing innovation in ways that are scalable across diverse care settings."
Nurses say that kind of business-speak betrays Kaiser management's fundamental misunderstanding of the realities of patient care and protested to make their position known.
CNA represents more than 25,000 registered nurses at Kaiser facilities across the state of California.
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/kaiser-nurses-protest-ceos-appearance-at-aha-leadership-summit
DC Teamsters, Labor Coalition Demand City Council Reject Anti-Worker Waymo Bill
WASHINGTON, July 13 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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DC Teamsters, Labor Coalition Demand City Council Reject Anti-Worker Waymo Bill
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Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org
(WASHINGTON) - Teamsters were joined by members of Service Employees International Union 32BJ and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 in testifying at a hearing today to demand Washington, D.C. councilmembers oppose Bill 26-0684, the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Deployment Authorization Amendment Act. The legislation
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WASHINGTON, July 13 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release:
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DC Teamsters, Labor Coalition Demand City Council Reject Anti-Worker Waymo Bill
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Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org
(WASHINGTON) - Teamsters were joined by members of Service Employees International Union 32BJ and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 in testifying at a hearing today to demand Washington, D.C. councilmembers oppose Bill 26-0684, the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Deployment Authorization Amendment Act. The legislationwould allow fully driverless robotaxis, including those owned by Waymo, to operate in the District of Columbia.
"We're calling on the city council to reject B26-0684 because the so-called 'guardrails' in this bill fail to protect workers, and this legislation doesn't benefit anyone outside of Silicon Valley billionaires," said Bill Davis, President of Teamsters Local 639. "It is yet another example of Big Tech companies trying to steamroll cities into changing laws to accommodate them, and it comes at the expense of middle-class professional drivers and anyone else who wants safer streets in our city."
AVs remain unpopular with voters and legislation to legalize them has failed to pass in every state where it's been introduced this year, including Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Washington, and neighboring Maryland and Virginia.
"Driverless cars would be a disaster for someone like me," said Demani Petron-King, a member of Local 639. "This job is how I provide for my family, pay my bills, and have amazing health care. We can't call driverless vehicles progress when they will hurt so many communities. The well-being of people like me should not be the price our society pays for innovation."
Teamsters Local 639 has represented workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia since 1934. For more information, go to teamsters639.com.
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Original text here: https://teamster.org/2026/07/dc-teamsters-labor-coalition-demand-city-council-reject-anti-worker-waymo-bill/
AFT, Texas AFT, and HFT join calls for independent investigation into killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
WASHINGTON, July 13 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release:
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AFT, Texas AFT, and HFT join calls for independent investigation into killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
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Houston, Texas - AFT, Texas AFT, and HFT (Houston Federation of Teachers) abhor in the strongest terms the extrajudicial killing of Houston resident and father Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and is calling for an independent investigation into the tragedy, as well as an end to HPD's collaboration with ICE.
"Every day, immigrants across the United States wake up and head
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WASHINGTON, July 13 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release:
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AFT, Texas AFT, and HFT join calls for independent investigation into killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
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Houston, Texas - AFT, Texas AFT, and HFT (Houston Federation of Teachers) abhor in the strongest terms the extrajudicial killing of Houston resident and father Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and is calling for an independent investigation into the tragedy, as well as an end to HPD's collaboration with ICE.
"Every day, immigrants across the United States wake up and headto work to provide for their loved ones. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who lived in this country for 35 years, should be remembered as more than headline-his random killing at the hands of ICE is yet another reminder that the agency has no interest in treating people with the dignity, humanity, and respect they deserve," AFT President Randi Weingarten said. "We honor Lorenzo by refusing to let his life be reduced to a moment of tragedy and by continuing to demand accountability, compassion, justice-and a full independent investigation."
"Shock and outrage can't possibly sum up how I'm feeling right now," Texas AFT President Zeph Capo said after the shooting. "The crass and careless actions of our federal government are making our communities less safe. What we need right now is transparency and accountability and I join those calling for a full independent investigation into this killing."
"All Houstonians deserve the right to peacefully exist," HFT President Jackie Anderson said. "Our local leadership must put the safety of city residents above all else."
Our city leaders have reduced violent crime in Houston. ICE poses a threat to that challenging work by the city government and our safety officers. The city of Houston and Harris County must do their duty to investigate this matter fully and independently to determine if deadly force was used unreasonably and, if so, prosecute appropriately
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Original text here: https://www.aft.org/press-release/aft-texas-aft-and-hft-join-calls-independent-investigation-killing-lorenzo-salgado
