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The AFL-CIO is a federation of international labor unions. As a voluntary federation, the AFL-CIO has little authority over the affairs of its member unions except in extremely limited cases (such as the ability to expel a member union for corruption [8] and enforce resolution of disagreements over jurisdiction or organizing). As of January ...
Since the founding of the AFL in 1886, the AFL-CIO and its predecessor bodies have been the dominant labor federation (at least in terms of the number of member workers, if not influence) in the United States. As of 2014, the labor federation had approximately 12.7 million members. [1] [2] As of 2015, the AFL–CIO had 56 member unions. [3] [4]
One of the largest and most powerful U.S. unions is rejoining the AFL-CIO, giving the country’s leading labor federation a boost as it prepares for another Donald Trump presidency. The 2 million ...
The CIO had been founded to promote industrial unionism, and the new federation created a department to bring together industrial unions. Its initial leadership was similar to that of the CIO, and most of its affiliated membership came from former CIO unions, although 35 AFL unions affiliated, compared to 31 CIO unions. [1]
On Monday, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the biggest federation of unions in the U.S. and a longtime supporter of President Joe Biden ...
He is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and president of the Dubuque Federation of Labor, affiliated with the AFL–CIO. [1] Following the retirement of Pam Jochum, Townshend was elected as a Democrat to represent District 36 of the Iowa Senate in November 2024, [2] defeating Republican candidate Nick Molo 50.5% to ...
A ruling by the Federal Trade Commission banning noncompete agreements as a condition of employment is getting mixed reviews from organized labor and business interests, which sued Wednesday to ...
At the time, he was the youngest person ever to be elected to the Iowa House from any district. He then served as vice president of the Iowa Federation of Labor. In 1962, he was named to the AFL-CIO national staff and appointed Regional Director of the Committee on Political Education, a position he held for the next 25 years. He retired from ...