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AFL-CIO Slams Trump Admin for Another Illegal Union-Busting Attack on TSA Workers Just Before the Holidays

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s announcement that it will cancel Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) officers’ union contract effective January 11, 2026: Today, DHS is once again attempting to rip up the contract of 47
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AFL-CIO President on Elon Musk’s Official Departure (Maybe?) from DOGE

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement in response to Elon Musk saying he is leaving DOGE but also holding a press conference with President Donald Trump, who said, “[El

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AFL-CIO President on How GOP Budget Will Harm Energy Affordability and Kill Energy Jobs

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on how the budget reconciliation bill will impact energy jobs and energy bills for working people:

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AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler Slams House Budget Passed in the Dead of Night as ‘Another Massive Giveaway to Billionaires and Big Corporations’

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the budget reconciliation bill passed overnight in the House of Representatives: 

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AFL-CIO President on Supreme Court Ruling: ‘A Slap In The Face of Every Worker In This Country’

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling allowing President Trump’s firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) members to stand:

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AFL-CIO President Calls for New American Foreign Policy Rooted in the Needs of Working People

(Washington, D.C.)—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler delivered a keynote address at the Foreign Policy for America Leadership Summit today, where she called for a new approach th

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Labor and Workplace Health and Safety Groups Sue to Restore Programs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Unions across nursing, education, mining and manufacturing industries, along with a manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE), today sued the Trump administration to reverse the illegal dismantling of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a c

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