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Viewers in Austin, Texas, and Pittsburgh are getting the first public look at a new AFL-CIO television spot, “Work Connects Us All: America’s Unions.” The evocative ad features members of many unions, from virtually every industry, and is part of a broad campaign that aims to “fly above the tactics and controversies of the day” and connects with people around the values associated with work, according to AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler. Read more >>>

www.workconnectsusall.org/

 

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AFL-CIO Launches Campaign, TV Ads in Austin
to Connect Americans through Shared Values around Work
Effort includes innovative new website www.workconnectsusall.org

Austin, Texas – “Work Connects Us All” is the message of a new campaign from the AFL-CIO launched today in Austin. The campaign includes television advertising in English and Spanish to reach out to Americans based on shared values around work. The campaign is also launching today in Pittsburgh and will expand to other cities soon.

“This effort is not about politics, but about bringing people together for a real conversation about the dignity and impact of work and how securing respect for all work is fundamental to who we are,” said Texas AFL-CIO President Becky Moeller.
 

Follow this link to the Texas AFL-CIO Press Release: tx.aflcio.org/statefed/

AFL-CIO National Blog Article: blog.aflcio.org/2012/01/18/new-afl-cio-media-campaign-highlights-how-work-connects-us-all-2/

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