Explainer: Report on Union Members

Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This weekend, we are celebrating the great civil rights leader and our union brother. And we remember the lesson he always emphasized: The fight for civil rights and worker rights are intertwined. 

Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

New Year, New Fights

It’s a new year and we’re ready to support working people across the country—what about you? We’ll keep sharing ways you can protect union values. Take the pledge now that you’ll continue to take action.

New Year, New Fights

Texas AFL-CIO Salutes Life of Bob Slagle; Former Democratic Party Chair ‘Believed in Biggest of Tents’

  The Texas AFL-CIO salutes the life of former Texas Democratic Party Chair Bob Slagle, a friend and supporter of Texas working families who died yesterday.

Texas AFL-CIO Salutes Life of Bob Slagle; Former Democratic Party Chair ‘Believed in Biggest of Tents’

Texas AFL-CIO Congratulates Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond on Historic Election to Lead Labor Movement

 The Texas AFL-CIO congratulates Texas AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on her historic election to a four-year term as President of the AFL-CIO.  Congratulations as well to Fred Redmond, who in another historic vote was elected to the post of Secretary-Treasurer.

Texas AFL-CIO Congratulates Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond on Historic Election to Lead Labor Movement

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement