AFL-CIO Organizing Institute

06/04/2026

Hey organizers!

Our Chicago 4-Day Training is open. Register today!

06/01/2026

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) and the Texas AFL-CIO is thrilled to announce our upcoming OI 3-Day Training! The training will take place, July 22- 24, 2026. Registration is open!

You can register your organizing teams at www.aflcio.org/OI.
We encourage you to register your participants as early as possible as we anticipate the training will reach capacity quickly.

We will see you and/or your team of member activists and staff organizers in Austin, TX!

05/29/2026

The OI is heading back to Austin, TX!

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) and the Texas AFL-CIO is excited to announce our upcoming OI 3-Day Training!

The training will take place July 22-24, 2026. Registration will open Monday, June 1, 2026. DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION is June 24th or when spaces are filled to capacity.

This training is open to ALL national & local AFL-CIO affiliated unions with staff or members. Register your members & staff organizers to attend this organizing training to gain valuable tools for your current & next union organizing campaign! We also encourage you to ID and register member activists who identify as women and activists of color.

We will see you and/or your team of member activists and staff organizers in Austin, TX!

05/19/2026

Our Training Schedule is here!

Sharpen your skills and gain valuable tools for your current & next union organizing campaign.

ORGANIZERS WILL LEARN:

Day 1 - How to have the Right 1-on-1 Organizing Conversation;

Day 2 - Recruiting and Developing Key Workplace Leaders;

Day 3 - How to Run Issue Campaigns to Build Momentum!

Mark your calendars for your members & staff organizers!

05/14/2026

Happening Now: Organizers Tooling Up to Win at AFL-CIO APALA OI 3-Day in Boston!

Approximately 35 organizers are together this week at the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute 3-Day in partnership with the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA). This organizer training is happening now in Boston, MA! This transformational organizer training began on Wednesday, May 13 and runs through Friday, May 15.

The organizers in attendance are reinforcing the principles & skills necessary for working people to go on the offensive to win respect and dignity through organizing a union. They are sharpening their skills on how to have the right one-on-one organizing conversation, how to ID & develop workplace leaders, and how to map & chart workplaces. They are from 12 states and the District of Columbia and from AFSCME-UNAC, National APALA, UFT-AFT, IBEW, UFCW, SEIU, TWU, AFM, IATSE, MMP, & UNITE-HERE!

Check out what organizers are up to in Boston!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IlwFeIUqWib3255PxMiHFj7N4sdk2w2e/view?usp=sharing

Also, visit the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute’s Summer Training Schedule and register your team of organizers today!
https://aflcio.org/about-us/programs/organizing-institute/schedule

We appreciate and value your continued trust in the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute. We look forward to training your team of organizers at a future OI!

See upcoming Organizing Institute trainings and register.

04/27/2026

Last week, some of the best senior & lead organizers from across the country joined together in Chicago to reinforce best practices on how organizers apply critical thinking skills to their campaign planning & strategy at the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) Advanced Organizer Workshop. This high level workshop took place April 22 - 24 at the Chicago Federation of Labor.

The advanced & senior organizers participating in this training were from: LIUNA, AFSCME-NUCHHE, IBT, Workers United, AFSCME-CSEA 1000, IUOE, the CMRJB, and TNG-CWA.

Check out what Ruthie, Brandon, Martinique, Jackie, and Pedro were up to at the AFL-CIO OI Advanced Organizer Workshop in Chicago!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y_KzAQ8NA4mdSrak96qswDFZ6xTf17KF/view?usp=sharing

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute Team will “go public” with our summer (July & August) training schedule in the next couple of weeks.

03/31/2026

Have you registered your teams for the AFL-CIO/APALA OI 3-Day Training in Boston, MA?!

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) is excited to partner with the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance-AFL-CIO (APALA) to host the APALA OI 3-Day Training!

This training will take place May 13-15, 2026 in Boston, MA. Registration is open! DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION is April 8th or when spaces are filled to capacity.

You can register your organizing teams at www.aflcio.org/OI.

We will see you and/or your team of member activists and staff organizers in Boston, MA!

03/23/2026

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) and APALA is thrilled to announce our upcoming OI 3-Day Training! The training will take place, May 13- 15, 2026. Registration is open!

You can register your organizing teams at www.aflcio.org/OI.
We encourage you to register your participants as early as possible as we anticipate the training will reach capacity quickly.

We will see you and/or your team of member activists and staff organizers in Boston, MA!

02/23/2026

More than fifty organizers joined together at the AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) 3-Day Training to sharpen their skills necessary to lead working people to win respect and dignity through forming a union. This training took place at the UFCW Local 324 Union Hall in Buena Park, CA, February 18 - 20, 2026 and was in partnership with the Orange County Labor Federation (OCLF).

Organizers learned how to have the right one-on-one organizing conversation, how to identify & develop workplace leaders, chart workplaces, and how to run mini campaigns developed from worker issues. The unions sending organizers to training were: BCTGM, IBEW, LiUNA, Masters, Mates & Pilots, OCEA, Texas AFL-CIO, TWU Local 101, UDWA-AFSCME and UFCW.

Check out what Amber, Celeste, Clio, Roberto & Aaron were up to and how they plan to take what they learned back to their campaigns.

02/05/2026

Remember to Register Your Team of Organizers for the AFL-CIO OI 3-Day Training in Austin, TX!

The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute (OI) and the Texas AFL-CIO is excited to announce our upcoming OI 3-Day Training! The training will take place, March 11-13, 2026. Registration is open!
You can register your organizing teams at www.aflcio.org/OI.
We encourage you to register your participants as early as possible as we anticipate the training will reach capacity quickly.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION is February 18th or when spaces are filled to capacity.
We will see you and/or your team of member activists and staff organizers in Austin, TX!