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AFL-CIO Slams SOTU Address: Trump’s Rosy Picture Disconnected from Workers’ Reality

24 Feb, 2026

Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on President Trump’s State of the Union address: President Trump's speech tonight was a fever dream, completely divorced from the economic reality working people feel every day amid rising costs and vanishing jobs. We know Trump’s billionaire-first agenda

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AFL-CIO: Workplace Deaths Decreased in 2024, but the Trump Administration Threatens That Progress

23 Feb, 2026

In response to newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that 5,070 workers died on the job in 2024—a decrease from the previous year—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement: The labor movement mourns each of the 5,070 workers who lost their lives on

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Labor Leaders Call on State Governments to Protect Workers from AI

04 Feb, 2026

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joined state labor leaders to highlight the importance of state-level artificial intelligence (AI) Safety Guardrails (Sacramento, California) —The labor movement called on state governments in California and around the country to protect workers’ jobs, rights and

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ICYMI: People Who Work for a Living Are Fed Up with Unelected Billionaire Elon Musk and DOGE

25 Feb, 2025

Demanded that Elon Musk stop attacking essential workers and government programs people rely on

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Department of People Who Work for a Living’s Testimony for Marjorie Taylor Greene

14 Feb, 2025

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Court Does Not Immediately Block Elon Musk’s DOGE from Accessing Private Worker Data from DOL

07 Feb, 2025

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AFL-CIO Launches the Department of People Who Work for a Living

05 Feb, 2025

If Elon Musk can make up his own government department, so can workers

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AFL-CIO, Affiliate Unions, Economic Policy Institute File Emergency Lawsuit Against DOGE to Protect Privacy of Worker Data

05 Feb, 2025

(Washington, D.C.)—Amid reports that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is attempting to gain access to sensitive personal data at the Department of Labor (DOL), the AFL-CIO, together with a coalition of its affiliated unions and an economic

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AFL-CIO President Responds to Trump Administration’s Illegal Freeze of Federal Funding

28 Jan, 2025

In response to news that the Trump administration was freezing funding, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement:

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