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Statement on Trump Administration's Stop Work Order of Revolution Wind

Joint Statement of Rhode Island AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley and Connecticut AFL-CIO President Ed Hawthorne on the Trump Administration’s Stop Work Order of Revolution Wind "If it stands, the administration’s stop work order on the Revolution Wind project will eliminate local jobs and threaten
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Statement on Trump Administration's Stop Work Order of Revolution Wind
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New AFL-CIO Report: Nation's Top CEOs Made 285 Times Workers' Pay in 2024

New research shows that S&P 500 CEOs got an average $1.24 million raise last year and made an average of $18.9 million in total compensation. (Washington, D.C.)—S&P 500 CEOs took home an average of $18.9 million in total compensation in 2024—a 7% pay raise from the previous year—according to a new
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New AFL-CIO Report: Nation's Top CEOs Made 285 Times Workers' Pay in 2024

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Labor Applauds Legislature for Including Funding for Essential Workers Sick with COVID-19

Labor Applauds Legislature for Including Funding for Essential Workers Sick with COVID-19

This fund will help potentially thousands of essential workers – healthcare workers, first responders, grocery store workers, bus drivers, corrections employees and many others – who contracted the novel coronavirus on the job through no fault of their own.
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AFL-CIO Statement on Labor Committee Passing Workers' Compensation Presumption

Throughout the pandemic, the state has expected our essential workers to continue to show up to work every day and sometimes without adequate personal protective equipment. And they have. The least we can do is take care of them when they get sick.
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