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The AFL–CIO Employees Federal Credit Union is a multiple common bond, federally chartered credit union headquartered in Washington, D.C. The credit union was founded in 1952 for members of the AFL–CIO. It currently has two locations serving 9,723 members. AFL–CIO Employees FCU has assets of $76 million. [1] [2] The most current annual ...
Since the founding of the AFL in 1886, the AFL-CIO and its predecessor bodies have been the dominant labor federation (at least in terms of the number of member workers, if not influence) in the United States. As of 2014, the labor federation had approximately 12.7 million members. [1][2] As of 2015, the AFL–CIO had 56 member unions. [3][4]
The AFL-CIO was a major component of the New Deal Coalition that dominated politics into the mid-1960s. [11] 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 ...
The Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) is a 501 (c) (4) non-profit organization and nonpartisan organization of retired trade union members affiliated with the AFL-CIO, which founded it in 2001. The group's membership also includes non-union, community-based activists. Its predecessor organization was known as the National Council of Senior ...
Elizabeth H. Shuler (born 1970) is an American labor activist and, since August 5, 2021, President of the AFL–CIO. She is the first woman to be elected president of the federation. [1][2] She was previously the first woman and (as of 2009) the youngest person to hold the position of Secretary-Treasurer. [1][3][4] She is the highest-ranking ...
Michael Avram Podhorzer (born May 21, 1956) is an American political strategist. He was the political director of the AFL–CIO, [1][2] before becoming a senior adviser to its President Richard Trumka. [3] Podhorzer is also the chairman of the board for the Analyst Institute and Catalist. He serves on the boards of America Votes, Committee on ...
Smith College, BA. University of Michigan, MA. Profession. Economist. Thea Mei Lee is an American economist who currently serves as the Deputy Undersecretary for International Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor. She previously served as president of the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank based in Washington, D.C.
First, the AFL–CIO should mandate the merger of smaller unions with larger ones, and the AFL–CIO must redraw and enforce jurisdictional lines along those of major industries, or "core jurisdictions". Second, a number of AFL–CIO departments (including health and safety, education, and civil and human rights) must be merged or eliminated.