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Take Action: Time is Running Out for Millions of Americans

23 Oct, 2025 Read More >

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Endorsements for City of Kalamazoo

09 Oct, 2025

The brothers & sisters of the affiliated local unions of the South Central Michigan AFL-CIO Labor Council proudly endorse the following candidates for Kalamazoo City office: David Anderson for Mayor For City Commission: Drew Duncan Jacqueline Slaby Please vote Tuesday, November 4th

Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Seafarers

06 Oct, 2025 Read More >

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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

New Year, New Fights

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

We're Not Slowing Down: The Labor Movement Must Keep Up The Fight For Voting Rights

It was deeply disappointing that just days after our nation paid homage to the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

11, Feb, 2022