2026 Resolution

AFL-CIO condemns the coordinated attacks on the Department of Veterans Affairs and firmly declares its unwavering opposition to any efforts to privatize, downsize, or dismantle the VA healthcare and benefits systems.

AFL-CIO hereby honors Pope Leo XIV as an ally to labor for his commitment to address working class issues and for his global fight for social and economic justice; and we reaffirm our commitment to the principles of Rerum Novarum, advocating for policies that uphold the rights and dignity of all workers.

Our goal is to create affiliate-driven organizations that, through deep participation, can build power for workers. Bold leadership, solidarity and consistent structure with alignment at all levels is how we deliver on the programmatic priorities of all affiliates. Delivering on these priorities requires deep interdependence across our federation, where every affiliate and every level of the labor movement contributes to and benefits from shared strength. A coalition of the willing alone cannot meet the challenges ahead; our democratic processes must be used to build affiliate-centered state federations and central and area labor councils capable of leading impactful and consistent programmatic work. 

The AFL-CIO resolves to support efforts at the federal, state, and local levels to ban ESLs, including supporting the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act.

Thus, the AFL-CIO resolves to support efforts at the federal and state level to address mega-mergers and anti-competitive behavior that weakens workers and unions, and increases costs to consumers.

The AFL-CIO therefore resolves to:

Mark the 25th anniversary of September 11th in partnership with the New York City Central Labor Council, the New York State AFL-CIO, the Virginia AFL-CIO, the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, and the other central labor bodies and affiliates whose members were impacted. Ensuring that these workers and their families, and that all that lost their lives in the attacks, are remembered across the country.