Executive Council Calls for Strong Voting Rights Act Repair, Salutes VW Workers, Moves to Increase Young Workers' Voices

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)In statements adopted last Wednesday at its annual winter meeting in Houston, the AFL-CIO Executive Council called for the restoration of the Voting Rights Act that the U.S. Supreme Court weakened in a 2013 decision, vowed its continued support for Tennessee Volkswagen (VW) workers and condemned the actions of extremist politicians and outside groups in the recent union election, and set steps to involve more young workers in all levels of the AFL-CIO. Last Tuesday the Executive Council adopted several policy statements addressing wage growth and economic inequality, job outsourcing, Fast Track and trade, higher education and performers' rights.