AFL-CIO News
Fund the Government. Fix the Health Care Crisis. Put Working People First. What Working People Are Doing This Week Welcome to our regular feature, a look at what the various AFL-CIO unions and other working family organizations are doing across the country and beyond. The labor movement is big and active—here's a look at the broad range of activities we're engaged in this week. Actors' Equity:"There are no Broadway shows without healthy Broadway actors & stage managers. And there are no healthy actors and stage managers without safe workplaces & stable health insurance.” – Brooke Shields https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/broadway-actors-prepare-strike-union-says-2025-09-30/[image or embed]— Actors'… [...]
Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Lupe Valles Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Lupe Valles of the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU). An OPEIU member since 1989, Lupe Valles, president and business manager of OPEIU Local 174, has spent her entire career helping working people realize their own power. Valles also sits on the board of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and serves as an OPEIU vice president. Kenneth Quinnell Thu, 10/02/2025 - 10:16 Tags: Hispanic… [...]
CALL: Fund the Government and Fix the Looming Health Care Crisis The federal government is shutting down because the Trump administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing.Countless jobs, the essential government services we all rely on and the economy are in jeopardy right now—all because the administration wants to take one more swing at wrecking the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and throwing working people off our health care. The labor movement’s message to the administration and their allies in Congress is clear: Get to work. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. And put working people first.Make a… [...]
‘Put Working People First’: Unions Respond to Government Shutdown AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement after the federal government’s funding expired at midnight and a shutdown began:The federal government is shutting down right now because President Trump and his administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing. Now, countless jobs, the essential government services we all rely on and the economy powered by our workforce are in jeopardy—all because the administration wants to take one more swing at wrecking the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and throwing working people off our health care.Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are… [...]
Hispanic Heritage Month Profiles: Delia Trevino Throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, the AFL-CIO will be profiling leaders and activists to spotlight the diverse contributions Hispanics and Latinos have made to the labor movement. Today's profile features Delia Trevino of AFGE. Delia Trevino is dedicated to public service through her work with the Social Security Administration. She also serves as communications chair for AFGE Council 220 and is an active member of AFGE Local 3184. Her commitment to community extends through her two years as Hispanic Coalition secretary and her role as LCLAA chapter secretary, where she advocates for workers’ rights and… [...]