AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on International Workers’ Day, or “May Day”:On International Workers’ Day, working people around the globe are taking action to stand up to ...

One of the largest and most powerful U.S. unions is rejoining the AFL-CIO, giving the country’s leading labor federation a boost as it prepares for another Donald Trump presidency. The 2 million ...

The SEIU, along with the Teamsters union, left the AFL-CIO in 2005. At the time, the SEIU leadership saw the AFL-CIO as insufficient at slowing the declining share of U.S. workers who belong to ...

The American Federation of Labor (AFL), and later the AFL-CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) have carried out their own foreign policy since the 1890s. These operations, done in the name of ...

AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler joins The Weekend to discuss how to keep the momentum going following massive anti-Trump protests this month. April 26, 2025 ...

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler condemned the Trump administration's decision to eliminate nearly 900 jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), calling the move ...

Former Vice President Joe Biden won the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, the country’s largest coalition of labor unions, on Tuesday, in a development that could help him in union-heavy swing states such ...

Union says inadequate workplace safety laws resulted in 5,283 deaths in 2023, and current policies won't fix that. The AFL-CIO released its 34th annual “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” on April ...