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NGA fights to protect these critical workers from exploitative employers. National Guestworker Alliance: Hundreds of thousands of workers come to the United States every year as temporary workers. Making sure to include domestic workers in labor protections is a top priority.

National Domestic Workers Alliance: NDWA works for dignity and fairness for millions of domestic workers. The network fights to keep laborers safe and expand their rights. National Day Laborer Organizing Network: NDLON improves the lives of day laborers in the United States. Its goal is to mobilize lawyers in support of pro-worker laws. Lawyers Coordinating Committee: LCC brings together lawyers and union legal departments. It strengthens the labor movement through the use of music and the arts. Labor Heritage Foundation: LHF preserves and promotes the culture of America’s worker. They focus on grassroots campaigns and shaping the public discourse about working people. Jobs With Justice: Jobs With Justice fights to create an economy that benefits everyone. Its members produce work read by tens of millions.

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International Labor Communications Association: ILCA represents the professional labor communicators in North America. Educated members mobilize to elect leaders dedicated to social and economic justice.Īmerican Rights at Work: ARAW educates Americans about their rights at work and the many barriers workers face when exercising their rights. The AFL-CIO aligns itself with progressive organizations to help build worker solidarity and advance social and economic justice causes.Īlliance for Retired Americans: The Alliance’s mission is to ensure civil rights for retirees and older Americans. Union Label and Service Trades Department: The Union Label and Service Trades Department promotes the union label for all union-made products and for all union services. Transportation Trades Department: Formed in 1999, the Transportation Trades Department provides a strong national voice in the legislative, policy and political arenas for the millions of workers in the aviation, rail, transit, trucking, highway, parcel delivery service, longshore and maritime sectors. North America's Building Trades Unions: For nearly a century, North America's Building Trades Unions (formerly known as the Building and Construction Trades Department) works to support organized construction workers achieve a powerful voice in government, in bargaining and in their communities. Metal Trades Department: Founded in 1903, the Metal Trades Department’s primary jurisdiction is in the representation of both private and federal skilled craft workers in shipbuilding and related maritime ventures, energy and nuclear facilities, and certain mining and manufacturing operations. It works to ensure the domestic maritime industry continues to play a pivotal role in the defense and economic development of this nation. Maritime Trades Department: Formed in 1946, the Maritime Trades Department provides grassroots support for the federation’s initiatives in maritime programs and policies. Each department consists of unions from a key part of the American workforce.ĭepartment for Professional Employees: Created in 1977, the Department for Professional Employees advocates for the millions of professional and technical workers in the labor movement. The AFL-CIO’s trade departments advocate for working people in industries with similar challenges. They champion better policies for working families in state and local governments. These community organizations are the heart of the labor movement. State Federations and Labor Councilsĭiverse coalitions of local unions make up AFL-CIO's state federations and local labor councils. We play the music in your favorite movies and score the touchdowns that help you win your fantasy league. We take care of the sick and injured and teach your children.

Our members come from every walk of life and are what make America great and always have. The 58 unions that make up the AFL-CIO include more than 12.5 million working people. In pursuit of these goals, we also fight to vanquish social and economic injustice. Our members have come together to build and support the rights of working people. The AFL-CIO is a democratically governed federation of 58 unions, each with its own distinct membership and unique voice.