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Picketers holding signs and picketing outside Albany, NY Starbucks store.

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Resolution in Support of Starbucks Workers United's Starbucks Boycott

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A banner with the words, "Tell the Senate to Vote No on the Clarity Act."

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Protect Workers’ Retirements from Wall Street’s Crypto Gambling

04 Aug, 2026 Read More >

Human Rights Day | An image with the words, "Safety Dignity Freedom | Rights are for Everyone. No Exceptions."

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AFL-CIO Observes International Human Rights Day

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Buy Union-Made in America

Working people in unions value the hard work and craftsmanship that goes into the products and services we make and provide.

That's why buying "Made in America" products is an important act of solidarity that promotes good jobs in the United States.

31, Jan, 2023

New BLS Data: Union Membership Grows by More than 200,000 in 2022

Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today showed union membership in the United States grew by more than 273,000 in 2022, despite fierce and often illegal corporate union-busting.

19, Jan, 2023

Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This weekend, we are celebrating the great civil rights leader and our union brother. And we remember the lesson he always emphasized: The fight for civil rights and worker rights are intertwined.

17, Jan, 2023

It’s a new year and we’re ready to support working people across the country—what about you? We’ll keep sharing ways you can protect union values. Take the pledge now that you’ll continue to take action.

13, Jan, 2023

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.

19, Apr, 2022

Homecoming for Liz Shuler

LABOR PRESS: You’ve been given such a huge responsibility now, with the death of your friend Rich Trumka [In August she was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.] But the entire time you’ve been involved, labor has been struggling to come back. Do you have a secret plan?

04, Apr, 2022

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Resolution in Support of Starbucks Workers United's Starbucks Boycott

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Buy Union-Made in America

New BLS Data: Union Membership Grows by More than 200,000 in 2022

Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

New Year, New Fights

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

Homecoming for Liz Shuler