[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 174 (Wednesday, December 2, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H8874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        AFL-CIO 60TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Ms. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, this week marks the 60th anniversary of the 
AFL-CIO.
  The AFL-CIO serves as the voice for more than 12 million working 
Americans throughout our Nation. Through negotiating with employers, 
the AFL-CIO has fought and won better wages, fair hours, and more 
friendly family policies for millions of Americans. I fought alongside 
AFL-CIO for decades, and I will continue to stand with them and our 
workers.
  Thank you to the president of the North Carolina AFL-CIO, James 
Andrews, to Timothy Rorie with the Central Labor Council, Charlie Hines 
with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, 
Essie Hogue with the Union for Government Employees, and more than 30 
other members of the North Carolina AFL-CIO executive board. Thank you.
  These leaders pour everything they have into fighting for workers in 
our communities.
  For more than 60 years, the AFL-CIO has represented the best in our 
unions and has given our workers the support they need to stand up for 
themselves. On this 60th anniversary of the AFL-CIO, let's continue to 
support our workers by making sure that they have wages that they can 
live on, fair hours, retirement protections they deserve, and access to 
health care they need.

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