AFL-CIO

05/29/2026

The Trump admin and their allies in Congress let the ACA tax credits expire. Now, working families are forced to pay more for worse health insurance, or drop their coverage completely.

We need health care more than billionaires need another tax break.

More Americans are dropping out or being kicked off Obamacare health insurance for non-payment than in past years, according to data through April from half a dozen states ​that sell the plans themselves.

05/29/2026

We’re 9 days away from the AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota!

This is union democracy in action — where the labor movement is coming together, building solidarity, and strategizing for the fights ahead for working people.

05/29/2026

This is the impact of the Trump admin’s big, ugly bill:

700,000 kids across the country are going hungry after being kicked off SNAP food assistance. The admin risked kids’ futures so they could give billionaires and giant corporations another tax break.

A new analysis warns that large-scale loss of food assistance is "jeopardizing the short- and long-term health, education, and economic benefits of nutrition programs for our children and society."

05/28/2026

Working people are forced to cut back on the essentials like groceries and gas, while billionaire CEOs and giant corporations get even richer. Enough is enough. A union contract is how workers, who actually create the profit, take back their power and get their fair share.

05/28/2026

Whether you’re an actor, a worker in the trades — even Pope Leo XIV — working people are aligned in the fight for AI guardrails. And America’s unions will continue to fight for those guardrails to protect our jobs, our rights and our freedoms.

Hollywood creatives and the Pontiff are suddenly and surprisingly aligned on the matter of artificial intelligence. David Gibson says it could move the needle.

05/28/2026

New economic data shows what we’re already feeling: wages are stagnant and prices continue to spike. It’s time for the Trump admin to focus less on a fight on the White House lawn and more on (or at ALL on) fighting for working people.

In addition to gasoline, prices for groceries, clothing and electricity are also on the rise, indicating that inflation could persist.

05/27/2026

With advancing AI tech impacting our economy, this is a transformational moment for students across the country.

AFT and President Randi Weingarten have a powerful plan to create thriving classrooms with guardrails for the use of AI in our schools.

05/27/2026

“Right to work” is a union-busting scam that lowers wages and empowers corporations. But right now, the North Carolina legislature is trying to enshrine “right to work” in the state constitution.

Email your NC rep and tell them to say NO to S.B. 1082!
https://act.aflcio.org/letters/working-people-say-no-to-sb-1082?source=National

05/27/2026

Working people have a right to know the truth about what the Trump admin is doing to our essential services.

Trying to force federal workers to sign NDAs is yet another attempt by this admin to silence them and replace them with political loyalists.

OPM releases draft NDA designed for federal agencies to use with new and existing employees

05/26/2026

Working people are taking hits in this economy. Wages aren’t keeping up with rising costs—all while corporations and billionaires get even richer.

We should not have to sacrifice the essentials like groceries to make ends meet.

More than three quarters of Americans, including 55 percent of Republicans, said President Trump’s policies have increased the cost of living in their community.