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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
AFL–CIO canonical	28
AFL-CIO	7
AFL–CIO International Affairs Department	2
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations	2
AFL–CIO Convention	1
AFL–CIO Executive Council	1
AFL–CIO General Board	1
AFL–CIO leadership	1
American Federation of Labor–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 (45)

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

American Federation of Labor → mergedInto → AFL–CIO ⓘ

American Federation of Labor → mergedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congress of Industrial Organizations

United Auto Workers → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Directors Guild of America → affiliatedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

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

Walter Reuther → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

AFL → mergedInto → AFL–CIO ⓘ

subject surface form: American Federation of Labor

American Federation of Teachers → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

American Federationist → associatedWith → 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

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

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

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

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

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

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

George Meany → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

George Meany → employer → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

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

Congress of Industrial Organizations → mergedInto → AFL–CIO ⓘ

DGA → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

subject surface form: Directors Guild of America

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Teamsters → affiliationHistory → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Teamsters → disaffiliatedFrom → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Teamsters → reaffiliatedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

National Labor College (former) → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

subject surface form: National Labor College

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

National Labor College (former) → foundedBy → AFL–CIO ⓘ

subject surface form: National Labor College

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

Actors' Equity Association → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee → parentOrganization → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Jay Lovestone → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

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

Jay Lovestone → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL–CIO International Affairs Department

Jay Lovestone → workedFor → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL–CIO International Affairs Department

Jay Lovestone → advisorTo → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL–CIO leadership

American labor movement → hasOrganization → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Screen Actors Guild → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

AFT → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

subject surface form: American Federation of Teachers

Writers Guild of America, East → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

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

International Cinematographers Guild → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ

Lane Kirkland → employer → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

Lane Kirkland → memberOf → AFL–CIO ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFL-CIO

National Association of Letter Carriers → affiliatedWith → AFL–CIO ⓘ

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees → affiliation → AFL–CIO ⓘ