The AFL-CIO labor federation is increasing the fees paid by its member unions to fund more organizing and help restore union membership after years of decline. The federation’s board voted to approve ...

With its billion-dollar investment in OpenAI, developer of generative AI platform ChatGPT, Microsoft could be viewed as a natural partner for labor organizations like AFL-CIO looking to help workers ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Sweeney, who spent 14 years steering the AFL-CIO through a time of declining union membership and rising internal dissent, has died. He was 86. He died on Monday at his home in ...

Elizabeth Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, speaks before President Joe Biden arrives to speak at the Department of Labor in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP ...

The roomful of union professionals seemed almost giddy with energy: friendly heckles, inside jokes, plenty of laughter. They were gathered for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights ...

The 2-million-member-strong Service Employees International Union announced Wednesday that it is joining the AFL-CIO, bolstering the ranks of the largest labor federation in the United States as ...

Stefan Becket is a managing editor of politics for CBSNews.com. Stefan has covered national politics for more than a decade and helps oversee a team covering the White House, Congress, the Supreme ...

President Biden met Wednesday with the executive council of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of trade unions, to shore up support from a critical constituency as he beats back continued calls ...

WASHINGTON — Richard Trumka, the head of one of the nation’s largest labor unions who advocated for worker rights, died on Thursday, a senior AFL-CIO official confirmed to NBC News. Subscribe to read ...

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka called comprehensive immigration reform "a top priority for America's unions." Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Service Employees International Union is returning to the AFL-CIO after 20 years, betting that a united labor movement will do more to help workers overcome legal challenges to ...