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AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond issued the following statement: There has been no greater champion in the White House for America’s workers than President Joe Biden. He has had workers’ backs every day of his presidency, constantly pushing his administration

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement on the first presidential debate of the 2024 election: Tonight, Donald Trump offered the same stale lies in a pathetic attempt to hide the truth that as president, he betrayed workers and families to govern for the wealthy. Here’s the

President Biden has proven throughout his first term that he’s the right choice for working people. He has championed unions. He’s the first president ever—ever!—to walk a picket line, during the UAW strike last year. He has our backs, and he has America’s back.

Donald Trump told us in 2016 he would stand with workers. He lied. The difference now is that he has a record he can’t hide from. And that record was catastrophic for workers.

The General Board of the AFL-CIO—representing 60 unions and more than 12.5 million workers—voted to endorse President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for re-election in 2024. The endorsement vote marks the earliest the AFL-CIO has ever voted to endorse in a presidential election