America’s labor movement is hitting the road. While politicians in Washington, D.C., continue to sow chaos and uncertainty for working people and big corporations profit off our backs, the AFL-CIO is launching a nationwide bus tour to provide voice to and build power with the workers who are the backbone of our country.
Over the next two months leading into Labor Day, the It’s Better in a Union—Freedom, Fairness and Security bus tour will crisscross the nation to demand the real concerns and hopes of working people define the direction of our country. We’ll be going to dozens of cities and communities engaging with thousands of workers about the issues facing their communities, their organizing and fight for fair contracts, and how the Trump Administration’s policies are affecting their lives.
Working people are living on the edge. We’re working longer and harder than ever before with less in return. We’re seeing our jobs and family-supporting programs slashed just to give billionaires more tax breaks. We built this country—yet it seems like every day we matter less to the wealthy elites in power.
The economy isn’t built on stock prices or corporate profits. It’s built by hardworking people all across the country—at factories and construction sites, hospitals and schools, small businesses and big companies—who bust their tails every day to keep our country running and build a decent life for our families.
It should be powered by lowering costs so that we can afford food, gas, a roof over our heads and a comfortable living and by ensuring the wealthiest people and corporations pay their fair share for the things we all use and need.
It’s past time the politicians in Washington and statehouses across the country prioritize working people over corporate CEOs and billionaires. On this bus tour, we’ll hear from working people from every walk of life and every corner of America about what WE need to get ahead. What WE need to build a secure future. What WE need to exercise our fundamental freedoms. Join us.
