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WorkWeek radio looks at the decision of the AFL-CIO International Affairs committee to protest the exclusion of Congressional representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilan Omar from visiting Israel. We talk with Baldemar Valasquez who is with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee FLOC and is on the AFL-CIO International Affairs Committee. He talks about this decision and other action to protests Israel's treatment of Palestinian workers and Palestinian people. He also discusses the conditions of migrant and immigrant workers in the United States and around the world. Next we hear from Jeffrey Blankfort who is a journalist, photographer and radio host who has been investigating the role and relationship of the AFL-CIO to Israel. Additional media: aflcio.org/2019/8/16/afl-cio-i…entry-reps-omar-and [1] WW 8-20-19 Peter Gregson UK GMB Shop Steward Expelled By Zionists Though IHRA Laborvideo – Ww-8-20-19-peter-gregson-uk-gmb-shop-steward-expelled-by-zionists-though-ihra [2] WW7-15-14 US Trade Unions, Zionism And Palestinian Workers Workweek-radio – Ww7-15-14-us-trade-unions-zionism-and-palestinian-workers [3] Zionist Attacks On SFSU AMED Arab & Muslim Ethnicities & Diasporas Program, The CFA & Labor www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X3uf0pozf4&t=310s [4] Palestinian Postal Services Workers Union Pres Imad A A Temeiza & CUPW VP on Israeli Apartheid www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c-F4KXTZXY [5] ILWU Rank and File Back Picket Of Zim Ship Piraeus At Port Of Oakland www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZK1hoSkR_c [6] Production of WorkWeek Radio workweek@kpfa.org [7] @workweek-radio [8] [1] https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faflcio.org%2F2019%2F8%2F16%2Fafl-cio-international-affairs-committees-response-israels-denial-entry-reps-omar-and&token=fed576-1-1566965601015 [2] https://soundcloud.com/laborvideo/ww-8-20-19-peter-gregson-uk-gmb-shop-steward-expelled-by-zionists-though-ihra [3] https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww7-15-14-us-trade-unions-zionism-and-palestinian-workers [4] https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7X3uf0pozf4%26t%3D310s&token=1eadca-1-1566965601015 [5] https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3c-F4KXTZXY&token=ba42bc-1-1566965601015 [6] https://gate.sc/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSZK1hoSkR_c&token=5d4c88-1-1566965601015 [7] https://kpfa.orgmailto:workweek@kpfa.org [8] https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio