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AFL-CIO
[ ey-ef-el--see-ahy-oh ]
abbreviation for
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: a federation of trade unions formed in 1955 by merger.
AFL-CIO
abbreviation for
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: a federation of independent American trade unions formed by the union of these two groups in 1955
AFL-CIO
- Abbreviation for the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrial Organizations, two groups that merged in 1955 to become the largest federation of labor unions in the United States. Member unions, including a variety of workers from machinists to musicians, make up over seventy percent of the unionized labor force in the United States.
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One analysis by the AFL-CIO estimated that with existing staffing, it would take more than 200 years for inspectors to reach every job site in California.
O'Toole's stay comes after the American Federation of Government Employees and AFL-CIO filed suit against the Trump administration earlier this week.
The lawsuit was filed by liberal nonprofit Public Citizen on behalf of the AFL-CIO and other groups.
The AFL-CIO memo argues that California, like any state, has the right to set “minimum employment standards†for workers in the state.
Although the lawmaker has just a 10% lifetime score from the AFL-CIO for her votes on organized labor and the working class, support for the PRO Act alone makes her stand out in the GOP.
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