TEXAS MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE LONG OVERDUE

  Working poor Texans need a substantial increase in the minimum wage to support their families and their communities, the Texas AFL-CIO said today.

TEXAS MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE LONG OVERDUE

BILLS WOULD END PROVEN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING METHOD IN TEXAS BEFORE IT HAS A CHANCE

  A bill that would forbid publicly funded Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) in Texas will be heard Thursday in the House Economic and Small Business Committee.

BILLS WOULD END PROVEN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING METHOD IN TEXAS BEFORE IT HAS A CHANCE

TEXAS’S FIRST PRIDE AT WORK GROUP ELECTS OFFICERS

LGBTQ GROUP OF UNION MEMBERS, ALLIES ADVOCATES FOR WORKING PEOPLE

  The Texas AFL-CIO is proud to announce the election of officers in the state’s first Pride at Work organization, a labor constituency group that advocates for working people from the pe

TEXAS’S FIRST PRIDE AT WORK GROUP ELECTS OFFICERS

WORKERS’ VOICES TOOK DOWN PUZDER NOMINATION

  The decision by Labor Secretary-designate Andrew Puzder to step down before his confirmation hearing shows once more that workers’ voices need to count when our nation sets workplace rules, AFL-CIO President John Patrick said today.

WORKERS’ VOICES TOOK DOWN PUZDER NOMINATION

STATE OF THE STATE MESSAGE NEEDS TO INCLUDE ENTIRE STATE

  The Texas AFL-CIO may not see eye to eye with Gov. Greg Abbott on key issues, but we can agree in the light of recent events that how we treat immigrants, refugees, children and the working poor is at the core of who we are as a state, Texas AFL-CIO President John Patrick said today.

STATE OF THE STATE MESSAGE NEEDS TO INCLUDE ENTIRE STATE

RESOLUTION: PROTECTION OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES / HARRIS COUNTY LABOR ASSEMBLY

In the wake of Trump's anti-immigrant executive orders and Governor Abbott's threats against sheriffs that refuse to comply with all ICE detainer requests, the delegates of the Harris County Labor Assembly, AFL-CIO unanimously passed the attached resolution.

RESOLUTION: PROTECTION OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES / HARRIS COUNTY LABOR ASSEMBLY