AFL-CIO president aims to unionize 2 million workers in 5 years

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 1,046

Last Updated: 3 days, 14 hours ago

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MINNEAPOLIS — Moments after being reelected by representatives for dozens of unions Sunday, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler made an ambitious pledge to unionize at least 2 million workers over the next 5 years.

Meeting that target requires pushing through longstanding headwinds in federal labor law that make organizing a union an expensive and arduous slog, while also confronting new assaults from the Trump administration.

Shuler says union organizers have proved it’s possible. In 2022, …

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