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Today's AFL-CIO Daily Brief: AFL-CIO Tour Bus Races Through Derby City with BOSK Workers Ahead of Their Landmark Election

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Today's AFL-CIO Daily Brief: AFL-CIO Tour Bus Races Through Derby City with BOSK Workers Ahead of Their Landmark Election

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From The New York Times: Trump, Head of Government, Leans Into Antigovernment Message

From The New York Times: Trump, Head of Government, Leans Into Antigovernment Message

With his poll numbers fading after a rally-around-the-leader bump, the president is stoking protests against stay-at-home orders.

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

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From the Lexington Herald-Leader: ‘I wanted to know.’ Drive-thru coronavirus tests arrive in rural Kentucky.

From the Lexington Herald-Leader: ‘I wanted to know.’ Drive-thru coronavirus tests arrive in rural Kentucky.

By BILL ESTEP and WILL WRIGHT

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From Roll Call: AFL-CIO’s Trumka rejects reopening without safety measures

From Roll Call: AFL-CIO’s Trumka rejects reopening without safety measures

By Mark Bocchetti

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka criticized the White House for pushing to reopen the economy without regard for worker safety and warned that premature action could raise the death toll.

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From the Louisville Courier-Journal: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul speaks out against $484 billion coronavirus relief package

From the Louisville Courier-Journal: U.S. Sen. Rand Paul speaks out against $484 billion coronavirus relief package

By BEN TOBIN

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul once again voiced his opposition to a federal coronavirus relief package on Tuesday.

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AFL-CIO Unveils Working People’s Plan for Reopening the Economy the Right Way

AFL-CIO Unveils Working People’s Plan for Reopening the Economy the Right Way

(Washington, D.C., April 21, 2020) —Today, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka unveiled the safety conditions working people are demanding before the economy is reopened.

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