AFL–CIO

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labor federation trade union federation

The AFL–CIO is the largest federation of labor unions in the United States, formed by the merger of major labor organizations and representing millions of workers across diverse industries.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
AFL-CIO	3
AFL–CIO Convention	1
AFL–CIO Executive Council	1
AFL–CIO General Board	1
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations	1
Congress of Industrial Organizations	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	labor federation ⓘ trade union federation ⓘ
affiliation	International Trade Union Confederation ⓘ Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	collective bargaining ⓘ economic justice ⓘ employment policy ⓘ labor rights ⓘ political lobbying ⓘ workers’ rights advocacy ⓘ workplace safety ⓘ
foundedBy	American Federation of Labor ⓘ Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
hasMember	national and international unions ⓘ
hasOrgan	AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AFL–CIO Convention AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AFL–CIO Executive Council AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AFL–CIO General Board
hasPart	local labor councils ⓘ national unions ⓘ state federations ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ideology	progressivism ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ
inception	1955 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leaderTitle	Executive Vice President ⓘ President ⓘ Secretary-Treasurer ⓘ
legalForm	nonprofit organization ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mergerOf	American Federation of Labor ⓘ Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ
motto	“Working people standing together” ⓘ
numberOfMembers	millions of workers ⓘ
originalLanguageName	AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
purpose	to improve the lives of working people ⓘ to influence labor and employment legislation ⓘ to negotiate better wages and benefits ⓘ to organize workers into unions ⓘ to promote social and economic justice ⓘ
regionServed	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
represents	workers in diverse industries ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
sector	labor movement ⓘ
shortName	AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AFL-CIO
website	https://aflcio.org ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Directors Guild of America → affiliatedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

National Football League Players Association → affiliatedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

United Mine Workers of America → affiliatedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

American Federation of Teachers → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

United Auto Workers → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

American Federationist → associatedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

George Meany → employer → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

AFL–CIO → hasOrgan → AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL–CIO Executive Council

AFL–CIO → hasOrgan → AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL–CIO General Board

AFL–CIO → hasOrgan → AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL–CIO Convention

DGA → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

subject surface form: Directors Guild of America

George Meany → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

Walter Reuther → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

American Federation of Labor → mergedInto → AFL–CIO ⓘ

AFL → mergedInto → AFL–CIO ⓘ

subject surface form: American Federation of Labor

Congress of Industrial Organizations → mergedInto → AFL–CIO ⓘ

American Federation of Labor → mergedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of Industrial Organizations

AFL–CIO → originalLanguageName → AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

AFL–CIO → shortName → AFL–CIO self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO