2017 Convention

What We’re Doing

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Resolution 15: AFL-CIO Prioritizing Organizing and Growth of Affiliate Unions-All In the Service of Helping Working People Organize

The work of the AFL-CIO on political campaigns, policy initiatives, legislative efforts, digital and data strategies, international alliances, health and safety, and legal defense should all be in the support of the mission of our AFL-CIO affiliated unions—to assist working people organizing for a better life.
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Resolution 4: Organizing to Win Power for Working People

AFL-CIO resolves to devise a labor movementwide strategy for making the promise of collective bargaining real for every worker.
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Highlights from Day Two of the AFL-CIO 2017 Convention

Monday, Oct. 23 2017 highlights from the AFL-CIO Convention in St. Louis.
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Flint Water Crisis: You Don’t Mess Around with Kids

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha addressed the delegates at the AFL-CIO Convention today on the Flint water crisis. Here are some excerpts of her remarks:
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Resolution 45: Janus Resolution

The AFL-CIO stands in solidarity with public-sector workers in the Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME Council 31.
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Resolution 13: Freedom to Spend Time With Family

Women want new rules for an economy that works for all working people equally, and the freedom to build lives of value.