AFL–CIO Archives

What to make of Trump’s choice for labor secretary

Laura C. Bucci - February 17, 2025

Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer backed pro-labor legislation. So why did Trump nominate her to join his cabinet?

Laura C. Bucci - September 2, 2024

A short history of Labor Day – and a look at labor politics this election.

Andrea Silva, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, and Eric Gonzalez Juenke - March 25, 2024

Both presidential campaigns want to make immigration policy a top issue in the 2024 election.

Ismail K. White, Brian D. McKenzie, and Antoine J. Banks - June 28, 2020

They’re most likely to look first to protests and black-focused groups, not electoral politics.

John Sides - January 22, 2019

[caption id="attachment_82861" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Freshman member of Congress Rep. Alexandria

Chris Baylor - May 18, 2018

[caption id="attachment_73541" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Thousands of teachers rally to demand

Joshua Kalla and David Broockman - October 11, 2017

[caption id="attachment_64714" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A voter is reflected in the glass

Felicity Vabulas - July 1, 2016

[caption id="attachment_43244" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A man waves a Union Jack

John Ahlquist - January 14, 2016

[caption id="attachment_34373" align="aligncenter" width="908"] File: Rebecca Friedrichs speaks to the

Sarah Binder - June 16, 2015

[caption id="attachment_26138" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] House Minority Leader Nancy