Gender Equality

Women are breadwinners. In fact 40% of working women in the United States are the sole breadwinner for their families, so the pay gap not only affects women but their families as well.

Employers need to recognize the time all working families need to care for their loved ones. We need laws that acknowledge the challenges that working families face.

Working people in unions are dedicated to fair schedules, fair wages, access to affordable health care and child care, and paid leave for all working families and women who are disproportionately affected.

11 - 27%

Black women in jobs critical to COVID-19 recovery earned 11 - 27% less than white men.
Did You Know

Women lose an average of $417,400 to the wage gap in their lifetime.
83

The number, in cents, a woman is paid for every dollar paid to a man.
Did You Know

Men recouped all 10 million of their vanished jobs but women, who lost 11.9 million positions, are still 100,000 shy of their pre-COVID mark.

What We’re Doing

Reproductive Rights are Worker Rights
Press Release

AFL-CIO President Supports Senate Leadership’s Action on Contraception

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement in response to Democratic leaders in the Senate bringing the Right to Contraception Act to the floor, as House Democrats meanwhile fight to push the bill via discharge petition past opposition from the Republican leadership:
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Shuler to CLUW: This is Our Time

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler's prepared remarks for the Coalition of Labor Union Women's 50th anniversary celebration in Seneca Falls, New York.
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Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond Delivers the 29th Annual Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture

Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond's prepared remarks for the 29th Annual Philip Murray Memorial Labor Lecture.
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Pres. Shuler's Speech at the WILD (Women in Leadership Development) Conference

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler's remarks as prepared for delivery at the New Jersey State AFL-CIO WILD (Women in Leadership Development) Conference.
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Shuler: Women Need Julie Su as Our Next Labor Secretary. The Labor Movement Is Ready to Fight for Her