What We’re Doing Select typeArticleEventMedia HitMultimediaReportResolutionSpeechStatement Apply October 21, 2017 Report 2017 Executive Council Report The Executive Council Report to the AFL-CIO 2017 Convention is a highlight of our efforts to promote and expand the voice of workers, change the rules of our economy so they work for all of us, and build a strong and inclusive labor movement. October 21, 2017 Blog In Missouri, Together We Win We would like to welcome the AFL-CIO Convention to our beautiful city. October 21, 2017 Blog Running for Office: Have You Ever Thought About It? Join me. I think you should run. Let’s bring our progressive values into the halls of power to stand up for our communities, the labor movement and working families. October 21, 2017 Blog Highlights from the AFL-CIO 2017 Diversity Pre-Conference and the Global Labor Symposium As part of its quadrennial convention, AFL-CIO is bringing together working families and activists to discuss diversity and inclusion as well as global labor issues. October 21, 2017 Blog Using Government Procurement to Bring Good Jobs Back to the U.S. Jobs to Move America began as a national initiative to ensure that the billions of tax dollars spent on the purchase of buses and trains for our public transit systems results in the creation of family-sustaining, manufacturing jobs in the U.S. October 21, 2017 Blog Brazil Undermines Labor Laws and Puts Women Workers at Great Risk Brazil's comprehensive labor laws have long provided a strong institutional framework for unions to defend workers' rights. Changes pushed through congress this July by Brazil's un-elected president and a congress compromised by corruption charges, have greatly undermined the labor laws and will drastically change the legal context in which Brazil's unions work.