AFL-CIO News
International Cooperation Critical to Global Labor Standards On Jan. 7, the Trump administration announced it would withdraw the United States from 66 international organizations, conventions and treaties, including the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development. International spaces like these are where the United States—together with other countries—has, for nearly a century, set and maintained global standards for workers. We regret the administration’s decision to withdraw from these critical mechanisms of international cooperation. U.S. engagement in multilateral institutions provides stability and advances our national interests, including the economic and social interests of America's… [...]
Tune In: 2026 AFL-CIO MLK Conference Begins Today In the midst of attacks on voting rights, worker protections and civil liberties nationwide, union members and labor leaders are convening in Baltimore today for the start of the 2026 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference. For four days, faith and civil rights advocates and working people across the country will gather to talk about the Trump administration’s coordinated efforts to roll back working people’s freedoms and strategize how our movement will fight back and build a better world for us all. Attendees will hear from compelling… [...]
Worker Wins: Having Our Voices Heard Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life. Science News Media Guild Ratifies First Collective Bargaining Agreement with COLA Adjustments, Paid Sick Leave and Other Benefits: The workers behind Science News and Science News Explores—who are represented by the WBNG, TNG-CWA Local 32035—have ratified their first union contract. Members have been fighting for this moment since first voting to form the Science News Media Guild in 2023. Highlights of the agreement include cost-of-living adjustments, paid sick leave, just-cause rights, parental leave, artificial… [...]
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: New Haven Teachers Secure 13.5% Pay Increase Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story. Members of the New Haven (Connecticut) Federation of Teachers (NHFT), AFT Local 933, have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with city officials.The NHFT bargaining unit covers educators who serve more than 18,000 students across 40 schools. The city’s Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved the… [...]
Workers Deserve A Secure Retirement: 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:Swing Day 2025 is Wednesday, January 21! Time to study up on some swing terminology. Today, let's look at the basics... What is a swing? #EquityTeamSwing[image or embed]— Actors' Equity Association (@actorsequity.bsky.social) January 14, 2026 at 11:09 AMAFSCME:Work hard. Retire with security.… [...]