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Declaring that working people are saying, “We’ve had enough,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said unions will continue the fight to root out systemic racism in the U.S.

Over the last week, the Alabama AFL-CIO reeled in heartbreak and outrage as we watched a police officer inhumanely murder George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis. Police brutality has always been an issue for unarmed people of color in America, but thanks to the technological advancement of videos and smartphones, we are now confronted with the inescapable realities of racial injustice each and every day.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka argued that the GOP’s reluctance to act quickly on another expansive relief bill would become unsustainable. “The pressure is building on them.

Nurses and other health care worker advocates and the labor movement represented by the AFL-CIO filed legal charges against the government to require mandated COVID-19 -related standards.

Postal union officials called for more financial support in upcoming COVID-relief packages on Wednesday, warning that the agency could run out of money by the end of September and disrupt essential services.

The path to the presidency runs through the labor movement. And with the full force and unmatched reach of our political program, we are ready to pave that road for our friend Joe Biden.