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The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of trade union women affiliated with the AFL–CIO.The CLUW is a bridging organization that seeks to create connections between the feminist movement and the labor movement in the United States.
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 AFL-CIO was a major component of the New Deal Coalition that dominated politics into the mid-1960s. [9] 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 and ...
The Service Employees International Union said Wednesday it is re-joining the AFL-CIO, a group comprising 60 affiliated labor unions. With the addition of SEIU, its membership will expand to 15 ...
Several smaller AFL–CIO unions either joined the ALA and were expelled from the AFL–CIO for dual unionism or disaffiliated and joined the ALA. [21] The ALA was not successful, however, and ceased to exist in January 1972. [22] Over the years, most of the unions which had been expelled or left the AFL–CIO rejoined it.
Feb. 3, 2025: Alliance for Retired Americans, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO (Executive Action related to disclosure of ...
Liz Shuler, speaking at the AFL–CIO state and local affiliates' conference, September 12, 2009; Shuler, Elizabeth H. "A New Generation of Opportunity." [permanent dead link ] Salem Statesman-Journal. September 7, 2009. Oregon Tradeswomen; Washington Women in the Trades; Women's Campaign Fund; Appearances on C-SPAN
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler (Photo: AFL-CIO) North Carolina is and will, for the foreseeable future, remain a so-called “right-to-work” state in which laws make it extremely tough build ...