AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’

Donald Trump has staged a year of “unrelenting attacks on working people,” according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in the US. Now they’re preparing to fight back.

Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, said it was gearing up to challenge the US president’s “Billionaire First” agenda in 2026 – and drive candidates in key elections to stand up for “struggling” Americans.

In an interview with the Guardian, she described how the federation has pushed to restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers, and filed lawsuits against the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken unions and worker protections. “People were pissed,” said Shuler.

  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    My union is basically a white supremisist gang. Most of the members are blind trump cultists and they have union bosses threatening to lynch apprentices to “run them off” while female apprentices get harassed and even assaulted until they leave. The apprenticeship is publicly funded and a good amount of the projects are too. I’m in a blue area but the hall contributes to local democrats campaigns and magically doesn’t have any oversight over the hate crimes they are committing. https://www.courthousenews.com/mitsubishi-accused-of-ignoring-years-of-workplace-racism/

  • 0tan0d@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Sadly the organization of US Labor unions is not nearly disciplined enough to accomplish much. Fucking half of IBEW voted for the GOP and face no real shunning from their “brothers”. Used to be shit like that got you taken out back and re-calibrated until you learned or left. The leaders will use numbers as an excuse while on the other hand rejecting people trying to get in.