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In 2007, Redmond was additionally elected as chair of the board of directors of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, and in 2021, he became president of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas. In 2022, he stood down from his USW post, to become secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, the second-highest post in the organisation. [1]
Fred Redmond, executive vice-president. Redmond is also the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO. He is the first African American to hold this office in the history of the labor federation. He had previously served on the federation's Executive Council since 2008. Julie Horwin, executive vice-president. Horwin was elected Executive Vice ...
The AFL-CIO was a major component of the New Deal Coalition that dominated politics into the mid-1960s. [11] Although it has lost membership, finances, and political clout since 1970, it remains a major player on the liberal side of national politics, with a great deal of activity in lobbying, grassroots organizing, coordinating with other liberal organizations, fund-raising, and recruiting ...
Pages in category "Vice presidents of the AFL-CIO" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 263 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On June 12, 2022, Schuler was unanimously elected to a full four year-term as President of the AFL-CIO becoming the first woman to be elected and serve as leader of the AFL-CIO in its 68-year history. [13] Shuler spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024. [14]
The American Federation of Labor Building is a seven-story brick and limestone building located along Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. [3] Completed in 1916, it served as the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor until 1955, when it merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations to form the AFL–CIO.
The American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL-CIO.It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutual support and disappointed in the Knights of Labor.
The election took place during the 26th AFL–CIO National Convention in Pittsburgh. The event was preceded by a 2008 speech at which then-Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka had blasted the perceived racism being directed against 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] increasing his profile both inside and outside the ...