2017 Convention

What We’re Doing

Convention Resolution

Resolution 29: Resolution Supporting 100 Percent Buy American for Defense Procurement

AFL-CIO support eliminating all loopholes to Buy American laws, and demand that all goods purchased for defense procurement are manufactured in the United States.
Convention Resolution

Resolution 24: Fighting Together for Workers in Manufacturing

The AFL-CIO will fight for a national manufacturing policy based on public investment in new technologies, maximizing the advantage of our energy abundance, the domestic production of clean energy goods and an expectation of rising pay.
Convention Resolution

Resolution 56: The Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico and the Need for Immediate Federal Action

The AFL-CIO expresses solidarity with our sisters and brothers in the Puerto Rico Federation of Labor and the Virgin Islands Central Labor Council in their efforts to rebuild and protect all their residents following the disaster
Blog

We Are the American Labor Movement, and We Will Not Be Denied

Here are key excerpts from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's remarks at the opening of the AFL-CIO Convention.
Blog

Democracy is Not Just Nice, But Necessary

At the AFL-CIO Convention’s Global Labor Symposium, the last panel proved to be the most exciting of the day. The topic was Unions at the Forefront of Democracy.
Speech

Trumka Touts Global Solidarity in Lead Up to AFL-CIO 2017 Convention

America’s labor movement believes in global system that can set standards and rights and level the playing field for workers around the world, and we’re still in this fight together.