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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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AFL-CIO Responds to Trump Administration’s NLRB Appointments

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of two new members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), after his 

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AFL-CIO Bus Tour Stops at NAACP Convention in Charlotte to Highlight ‘Fierce Urgency’ of Worker Solidarity

The “It’s Better in a Union” bus tour stopped in Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday at the NAACP’s national convention to participate in a rousing press conference with labor leaders, union members and NAACP leadership. 

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AFL-CIO Launches ‘It’s Better in a Union’ Bus Tour to Fight for Freedom, Fairness and Security Across the Nation

On Wednesday, union leaders, members and allies packed together in front of the AFL-CIO headquarters to kick off the nationwide “It’s Better in a Union: Fighting for Freedom, Fairness and Security” bus tour.

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Labor Leaders, Workers Rally to Launch AFL-CIO’s ‘It’s Better in a Union’ Nationwide Bus Tour

The tour will visit 26 states to organize and mobilize for “Freedom, Fairness and Security” 

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AFL-CIO Blasts Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Administration to Move Forward with Firing Thousands of Federal Workers

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to a Supreme Court order allowing the Trump administration to move forward with Reduction in Force (RIF) plans to fire hundreds of thousands of federal workers while litigation continues:

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AFL-CIO Slams Senate Republicans’ Nearly $5 Trillion Billionaire Giveaway That Devastates Working Families

The AFL-CIO condemned Senate Republicans today for passing a budget reconciliation bill that raises costs on working people, wipes out millions of jobs and rips health care away from 17 million Americans––all to hand billionaires one of the biggest paydays in history. 

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