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• By: Office of Public Affairs • December 13, 2022
Screengrab from the History of Labor Day video featuring diverse workers from the early 20th century
Watch some of our top videos of the year, from why unions matter to the history of Labor Day.
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Building Back Better: Reimagining the Care Economy

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Care Economy
• By: Elyse Shaw • May 19, 2022
A mother and two children sitting and coloring.
Child care is an essential need for parents in the workforce: People can’t work if they don’t have the security that their families are being cared for. Due to generations of underinvestment in the care economy, many families faced difficulties accessing and affording child care even prior to the pandemic.
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Protecting Essential Workers’ Rights: Four Stories

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Wages and Benefits
• By: Jessica Looman • October 29, 2021
Angela Davis and Josue Siqueira, two essential workers
Meet some of the essential workers we’ve assisted in the past year:
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Essential Workers an Essential Focus

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Wage and Hour Issues
• By: Jessica Looman • June 3, 2021
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Providing essential protections to essential workers is at the heart of our mission. Learn more about our renewed efforts to protect workers on the front lines.
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