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AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

Liz Shuler is the first woman ever elected president of the AFL-CIO.

She took over a time when the world of work has been turned upside down.

Union organizing is happening in some unexpected places, and sometimes in ways that disrupt the traditional union playbook.

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler on the future of America's labor movement

Homecoming for Liz Shuler

LABOR PRESS: You’ve been given such a huge responsibility now, with the death of your friend Rich Trumka [In August she was appointed to serve the remainder of his term.] But the entire time you’ve been involved, labor has been struggling to come back. Do you have a secret plan?

Homecoming for Liz Shuler

Women's History Month: Interview with Dolores Huerta

On March 29th, the Arizona AFL-CIO co-sponsored Women in Organized Labor, a Women’s History Month celebration featuring legendary labor leader and civil rights activist, Dolores Huerta.

Women's History Month: Interview with Dolores Huerta

Unionization of a Mesa Starbucks could be start of larger trend

The following article was originally published in the Phoenix Business Journal on March 3rd, 2022.

Unionization of a Mesa Starbucks could be start of larger trend

This special interest group is rewriting Arizona’s laws

A secretive network of billionaire investors, corporate lobbyists, and conservative lawmakers is working behind closed doors to rewrite our laws and limit our freedoms.

This special interest group is rewriting Arizona’s laws