Collective Bargaining

What We’re Doing

Speech

Trumka: Collective Bargaining Is an Exercise of Freedom

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's remarks at the 2021 AFGE Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference.
Legislative Alert

Letter in Support of the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020

The AFL-CIO supports legislation that would provide Transportation Security Officers the same basic collective bargaining rights enjoyed by the majority of the federal workforce.
Executive Council Statement

Uphold Current Law to Protect the Collective Bargaining Rights of Federal Workers

Congress must act to protect federal workers’ collective bargaining rights.
Legislative Alert

Letter in Support of Collective Bargaining Rights for Public Safety Officers

A letter to representatives to support legislation that would guarantee public safety officers collective bargaining rights in states that do not currently provide them.
Legislative Alert

Letter Opposing Three Bills That Assault the Freedom of Working People to Form and Join Unions

Letter to the Committee on Education and the Workforce opposing three bills--the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act (H.R. 986), the Employee Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2775), and the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act (H.R. 2776)--that assault the freedom of working people to form and join unions to negotiate with their employers over wages, benefits and working conditions.
Legislative Alert

Letter to Senators Opposing a Bill That Would Undermine the Civil Service Protections of Veterans Affairs Employees

The AFL-CIO opposes the "VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act" (S. 1094) in its current form because it erodes the collective bargaining rights of workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs and undermines their civil service protections from management retaliation when they report mismanagement or political corruption.