The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted unanimously July 22 to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president, the day after President Joe Biden announced an end to his campaign for re-election. The AFL-CIO is a federation of 60 unions representing 12.5 million workers.
In a press statement, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler called Harris “a principled and tenacious fighter for working people and a visionary leader we can count on.”
Following the AFL-CIO action, a number of the federation’s prominent affiliates also announced they’re endorsing Harris, including American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); American Federation of Teachers (AFT); International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW); Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA); United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW); and the United Steelworkers (USW).
