AFL-CIO president aims to unionize 2 million workers in 5 years
The AFL-CIO chief says organizers will build on a 16-year membership high and add 50,000 election protectors this year.
- On Sunday, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond were reelected unopposed at the 30th Constitutional Convention in Minneapolis, where Shuler pledged to unionize at least 2 million workers over the next five years.
- Federal labor law remains stacked against organizing, while Trump administration actions—including stripping collective bargaining rights from 1.3 million federal workers—create formidable headwinds for the labor movement's expansion efforts.
- The federation awarded Minnesota's labor movement the George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award for its resistance to Operation Metro Surge, the January federal immigration enforcement crackdown that resulted in thousands of arrests and two deaths.
- Returning to the federation after two decades, Service Employees International Union added 2.1 million workers to AFL-CIO ranks, while Shuler announced plans to mobilize 16 million union members and families for the 2026 midterms.
- Despite enjoying the highest public-approval ratings in decades, union density remains at just 10% of American workers, underscoring the significant challenge facing the AFL-CIO's five-year organizing agenda.
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Shuler and Redmond reelected to lead AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO grew to represent nearly 15 million working people during Shuler and Redmond’s first term MINNEAPOLIS, MN (June 9, 2026) — Delegates to the AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention voted to reelect President Liz Shuler (IBEW) and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond (Steelworkers) to continue leading the largest labor federation in the country, representing millions of working […] The post Shuler and Redmond reelected to lead AFL-CIO app…
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AFL-CIO president aims to unionize 2 million workers in 5 years
MINNEAPOLIS — Moments after being reelected by representatives for dozens of unions Sunday, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler made an ambitious pledge to unionize at least 2 million workers over the next five years. Meeting that target requires pushing through longstanding headwinds in federal labor law that make organizing a union an expensive and arduous slog, while also confronting new assaults from the Trump administration. Shuler says union orga…
AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention kicked off in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS—On the opening day of the AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention, hundreds of delegates gathered in downtown Minneapolis and re-elected President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond to new terms, welcomed the return of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) af...
AFL-CIO president aims to unionize 2 million workers in 5 years • Maine Morning Star
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler addresses hundreds of union representatives at the labor federation's national convention in downtown Minneapolis on Jun. 7, 2026. (Photo courtesy AFL-CIO)MINNEAPOLIS — Moments after being reelected by representatives for dozens of unions Sunday, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler made an ambitious pledge to unionize at least 2 million workers over the next 5 years. Meeting that target requires pushing through longstanding…
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