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

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

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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AFSCME Members Hold Arizona Lawmakers Accountable for Budget Votes at AFL-CIO Bus Tour Stop

The “It’s Better In a Union” tour bus made a stop in Phoenix on Wednesday for a press conference where labor leaders, AFSCME members, retirees and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes called for Reps.

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Redmond: Trump Didn’t Just Fail to Protect Black Jobs. He’s Leading Us to Black Unemployment

President Trump likes to say he is delivering for working people. He promised on the campaign trail that he would protect “Black jobs.” But like so many of his promises, it is an empty one.

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AFL-CIO Condemns Union-Busting at Veterans Affairs

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announcement it was terminating the union cont

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AFL-CIO Tour Bus Stops in Navajo Nation for Union Fair

The AFL-CIO “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour made an appearance Monday at a labor union fair organized by the Nal-NiSHii Federation of Labor in Window Rock, Arizona. This was the first event of its kind organized by the Nal-NiSHii for the Navajo community.

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Organizers rallying in Iowa on the Better In a Union Bus Tour
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AFL-CIO Tour Bus Joins AFSCME in Iowa to Hold Lawmakers Accountable

The “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour

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AFL-CIO Statement on Trump Administration Repeal of EPA Endangerment Finding

This week, the Trump administration announced that it is repealing a benchmark legal finding: the Environmental Protection Agency’s ‘Endangerment F

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