AFL-CIO

The AFL-CIO has chosen Liz Shuler, its acting president since the death of Richard Trumka this month, to lead the federation until it holds elections next year. Shuler had served …

Richard Trumka, a third-generation coal miner who rose to power through the United Mine Workers, had become one of the most powerful labor leaders in the country and a key …

“For too long,” writes AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, “lip service has been paid to infrastructure without making the investments we need. It’s time to build. The bipartisan infrastructure framework secured …

“The core principle of organized labor in America,” write Randi Weingarten, Mary Kay Henry and Lee Saunders in The Hill, “has always been a commitment to fairness and opportunity for …

Dominic Trumfio is a member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 10-208 in Chicago. Trumfio is a theater musician, associate music director at his church and musical director for the …

Kyla Hsia is a senior digital strategist at AFL-CIO and a member of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild. She recently joined the AFL-CIO team after sitting at the bargaining table for …

Editha Adams serves as statewide president of a union, United Domestic Workers, AFSCME Local 3930, representing more than 140,000 care workers, the majority of whom are women of color. Adams …

Sheila Ivy Traister has given 44 years of cumulative service to the labor movement. She has held elected positions in the Colorado AFL-CIO and she has served SAG-AFTRA since before the …

Hired by Hawaiian Airlines in 1965 as a flight attendant, Soper retired 55 years later in 2020. She served in the leadership of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA for more …

Senator Patty Murray (Washington) and Representative Bobby Scott (Virginia) have introduced the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which restores the right of workers to freely and fairly form a …