Collective Bargaining

What We’re Doing

Executive Council Statement

NFLPA Demonstrates the Power of Collective Bargaining

The AFL-CIO Executive Council applauds the efforts of the NFL Players Association, its Executive Committee, including President JC Tretter and Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, former President Eric Winston, and all of the player leadership and staff not only for their work on behalf of their members, but for their support for unions across the country.
Executive Council Statement

Build Back Better with Unions—Pass the PRO Act and Legislation to Ensure Public Sector Collective Bargaining Rights

AFL-CIO Executive Council statement on passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which modernizes the NLRA and will make it possible for tens of millions of workers to exercise our freedom to freely and fairly form a union and bargain together.
Speech

Trumka: Collective Bargaining Is an Exercise of Freedom

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's remarks at the 2021 AFGE Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference.
Legislative Alert

Letter in Support of the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020

The AFL-CIO supports legislation that would provide Transportation Security Officers the same basic collective bargaining rights enjoyed by the majority of the federal workforce.
Executive Council Statement

Uphold Current Law to Protect the Collective Bargaining Rights of Federal Workers

Congress must act to protect federal workers’ collective bargaining rights.
Legislative Alert

Letter in Support of Collective Bargaining Rights for Public Safety Officers

A letter to representatives to support legislation that would guarantee public safety officers collective bargaining rights in states that do not currently provide them.