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Turnaround Political Report — February 19, 2026

26 Feb, 2026

The 2026 session has been a fight from day one. We've been in the Capitol daily — monitoring committees, testifying on bills, mobilizing our affiliates. Here's where things stand. Solidarity Day at the Statehouse We kicked off the session with hundreds of union members filling the Capitol rotunda

KS AFL-CIO Weekly Legislative Update - Week 4

06 Feb, 2026

Week of Feb 2-5, 2026 If you'd prefer a condensed video version its on YouTube. RED ALERTS Public education under attack -- The legislature is coming at public schools from multiple directions. HB 2468 (voucher expansion) passed out of House Education Committee on a voice vote, expanding private

Legislative Update Week 3 - Misplaced Priorities

30 Jan, 2026

See the short video version on youtube. Misplaced Priorities This week, the Kansas Legislature spent five and a half hours debating a bathroom bill targeting transgender Kansans—less than 1% of our population. Meanwhile, working families face real threats that demand legislative attention. Federal

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1.3 Million Winners and 2.8 Million Losers from Trump’s New Overtime Rule

The five-year fight to expand overtime pay to millions of workers is over.

27, Sep, 2019

Mexican President Promises AFl-CIO Head New Labor Policy

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has met with the head of the largest U.S. labor group, the AFL-CIO.

09, Sep, 2019

Unions Under Attack as Their Approval Ratings Soar

President Trump took to Twitter on Labor Day to attack AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, slamming him for his criticism of Trump’s trade deals.

09, Sep, 2019

I Read Every 2020 Frontrunner’s Labor Platform So You Didn’t Have To

Presidential candidates are going all out to win over working-class Americans.

09, Sep, 2019

AFL-CIO: Unions Aim to Roar in 2020

Despite its setbacks, or perhaps because of them, organized labor has an energy level that AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka says he hasn’t seen before in his 50 years with the movement.

29, Aug, 2019

Nonprofit Workers Need Unions, Too

As socialists look out at the horizon of the struggle for a radically reformed society, we should try, like good Marxists, to anticipate where and with whom conflicts are likely to arise and how we are going to deal with those challenges.

20, Aug, 2019