Today the Senate passed legislation that will transform the lives of working families at every level, and we urge the House of Representatives to pass this bill swiftly and send it to President Biden’s desk. This bill will reshape the future and deliver real help to working families by reducing rising energy and health care costs.

The @AFLCIO is calling on the @WhiteHouse to do its part to assist borrowers hampered by crippling student loan debt. Organized labor was built on the foundation of creating a pathway to the middle class for everyone, but skyrocketing student loan debt has become an insurmountable obstacle to achieving this goal.

“8 hours for work, 8 hours for rest, 8 hours for what we will” was the slogan of the Haymarket Martyrs, who were killed after after going on strike on May 1, 1886. On #InternationalWorkersDay & everyday, we carry their strength with us in our ongoing fight for economic justice. Work connects us all.

And right now, working people across the country are proving that we have the power to create change when we stand together & demand better from our broken economic system.

It is deeply disappointing that just days after our nation paid homage to the great civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., critical legislation that would have strengthened our elections and ensured the right of every person to cast their vote was actively blocked. It is unfathomable that our democracy is dangerously fragile because of the obstructionist tactics of senators who refuse to sideline an outdated rule conceived during segregation.