CEO pay is still skyrocketing.
The average CEO pay at S&P 500 companies increased 21%, from $18.9 million in 2024 to $22.8 million in 2025. Meanwhile, Americans are struggling over every bill, every purchase and every paycheck.
'The Blue Wave Is Union-made'
Pro-worker majorities in the next Congress will mean real change for working families.
It’s time to get it done for America’s workers.
The Protect America's Workforce Act, which reverses President Trump’s union-busting executive order has passed the House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it already has bipartisan support. Together, we can restore collective bargaining rights to 1 million federal workers.
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Every worker deserves the right to bargain over their salary and working conditions. Union members earn better wages and benefits than workers who aren’t in unions.
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The 2026 edition of the Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect report shows how too many workers remain at serious risk of workplace injury, illness and death.
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AFL-CIO Now
Happy Election Day! Today, working people take back our power and start to reverse the pro-billionaire policies that have made life unaffordable for families.
Three days before Election Day, nearly 100 Iowa union members kicked off a Saturday morning Halloween canvass from Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 347 in Des Moines. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Iowa Federation of Labor President Charlie Wishman rallied the crowd alongside former Sen. Tom Harkin and union-endorsed candidates Rob Sand for governor, Josh Turek for U.S. Senate, and Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District.
Our latest roundup of worker wins includes numerous examples of working people organizing, bargaining and mobilizing for a better life.
