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Podcast Episode 4: DOL Commissioner Roberta Reardon talks about her labor roots and Women's History Month

Podcast Episode 4: DOL Commissioner Roberta Reardon talks about her labor roots and Women's History Month

20 Mar, 2019

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Podcast Episode 4: DOL Commissioner Roberta Reardon talks about her labor roots and Women's History Month

For Women’s History Month we share a conversation with NYS DOL Commissioner Roberta Reardon
who reflects on the traditional role of women at home and in the workplace and how it helped shape
her life from actor, to labor leader, to who she is today.

Podcast Episode 4: DOL Commissioner Roberta Reardon talks about her labor roots and Women's History Month

Podcast Episode 3: Never Forget The Heroes Of 9/11

Podcast Episode 3: Never Forget The Heroes Of 9/11

18 Mar, 2019

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Podcast Episode 3: Never Forget The Heroes Of 9/11

New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento joined 9/11 responders and survivors and members of Congress in Washington DC on February 25th to unveil the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Podcast Episode 3: Never Forget The Heroes Of 9/11

Podcast Episode 2: Benefits Set To Expire on 9/11 Victims and 1st Responders

Podcast Episode 2: Benefits Set To Expire on 9/11 Victims and 1st Responders

13 Mar, 2019

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Podcast Episode 2: Benefits Set To Expire on 9/11 Victims and 1st Responders

After being denied help for years, 90,000 9/11 Responders and Survivors from around the country who went to the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Shanksville crash site are now getting medical monitoring, treatment and compensation for their injuries.

Podcast Episode 2: Benefits Set To Expire on 9/11 Victims and 1st Responders

Welcome to the Union Strong Podcast

Welcome to the Union Strong Podcast

11 Mar, 2019

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Welcome to the Union Strong Podcast

Mario Cilento, President of the New York State AFL-CIO kicks off the introductory episode of the Union Strong podcast and shares a compelling story about his own labor roots and the moment when he first realized the impor

Welcome to the Union Strong Podcast

Support Adult-Use of Cannabis and Local Communities

Support Adult-Use of Cannabis and Local Communities

04 Mar, 2019

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Support Adult-Use of Cannabis and Local Communities

The New York State AFL-CIO supports legislation to allow for the adult-use of cannabis in New York, as well as job creation and an entrepreneurial pathway for communities and individuals negatively impacted by past social problems and stigma associated with cannabis. 

Support Adult-Use of Cannabis and Local Communities