Fight For Florida

Unions ensure job security and benefits for young workers. Extremist Florida Republicans want to take this away.

Send a message: STOP HB1445! https://act.aflcio.org/petitions/protect-floridas-young-workers-no-to-hb1445/?source=fbpost

Florida’s seen a lack of leadership and planning from our elected officials in the rush to reopen schools. In Miami, the United Teachers of Dade are showing leadership in their community, writes President Karla Hernandez-Mats for Fight For Florida.

"We're Modeling Resiliency": United Teachers of Dade President on the Return to Schools - Fight For Florida As Miami's education professionals, my colleagues and I in United Teachers of Dade are expanding our lessons from the classroom to the entire community because we are facing issues that threaten our collective well-being. Since the COVID-19 pandemic took root in the United States, our teachers, dist...

Environmental justice and workers’ rights are on the ballot in 2020, writes Carson Mitchell of Florida Conservation Voters for Fight For Florida.

Climate Change and Labor are Intertwined Florida is experiencing a climate emergency. Temperatures continue to increase, sea levels are rising, flooding is displacing communities, and intensified storms threaten both our coasts and inland areas. These cascading effects touch every aspect of Floridian's daily lives: our health, water resour

"This ruling runs counter to the foundational principle that Americans do not have to pay to vote," said Julie Ebenstein, senior staff attorney with the ACLU's Voting Rights Project. "The gravity of this decision cannot be overstated. It is an affront to the spirit of democracy."

'Incredibly Dark Day for Voting Rights': With Support of Trump Judges, Federal Court Upholds Florida Poll Tax Weeks Before Election "The gravity of this decision cannot be overstated. It is an affront to the spirit of democracy."

The Federal Government is once again attempting to open up drilling off of the coast of Florida. The Sunshine State cannot risk another disaster.

Trump’s secret plan to open Florida to offshore oil drilling must be stopped | Column Sean Shaw says he challenges every elected official and candidate in Florida to speak up against the president’s secret plans.