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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’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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Unions Urge Congress to Demand That President Trump Reinstate Fired NIOSH Workers

The AFL-CIO and 27 labor unions sent the letter to members of Congress highlighting the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH’s) crucial role in protecting workers

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AFL-CIO President on Trump’s First 100 Days: ‘The Labor Movement Does Not Fall in Line for Autocrats’

(Washington, D.C.)—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler provided the labor movement’s view on the first 100 days of the Trump administration today at The 100 Days Con

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