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AFL-CIO

National

Homecoming for Liz Shuler

Mar 31, 2022

In 1993 U of O grad Liz Shuler went to work at Portland-based IBEW Local 125, her father’s local. Today she’s America’s top union leader.

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International

Unions, and members, step up to support Ukraine

Mar 17, 2022

Unions in Poland, Slovakia and other countries sent members and trucks to pick up refugees. Members in the U.S. are donating to relief.

Union Democracy

National AFL-CIO leader takes job at Greenpeace

Mar 17, 2022

Tefere Gebre, executive vice president of the national AFL-CIO, says the climate crisis is the “fight of our lifetime.” 

Union Democracy

Liz Shuler elected AFL-CIO president

Sep 1, 2021

She succeeds Rich Trumka, who died Aug. 5. Shuler, AFL-CIO secretary treasurer since 2009, is the first woman to hold the office of president.

In Memoriam

Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, dies at 72

Aug 18, 2021

Trumka was the fifth person to serve as president since the AFL-CIO was formed in 1955, and was the first AFL-CIO president to die in office.

Analysis

As the nation reeled, CEO pay rose 

Aug 11, 2021

CEO pay increased an incredible $712,720 last year on average among S&P 500 companies, according to the latest annual report by the AFL-CIO.

Trade

Trump’s new NAFTA labor rules to be tested

Jun 2, 2021

The AFL-CIO says 600 Mexican auto parts workers were fired in acts of retaliation for union activity—violating Mexico’s labor rights pledge.

National

Biden’s new trade enforcers

May 19, 2021

The Biden Administration continues to name union figures to top government positions. The latest two appointments will oversee trade policy.

Worker safety

Death on the Job: The toll of neglect

May 19, 2021

For 30 years the national AFL-CIO has been reporting on workplace safety and fatalities on the job. Progress has stalled.

National

Biden calls union leaders to the White House

Feb 22, 2021

Continuing a string of overtures to the labor movement, Biden announced a pro-union NLRB nominee and reversed Trump moves on apprenticeship.

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