Texas AFL-CIO


THE VOICE OF LABOR IN TEXAS

We are teachers, firefighters and farm workers, actors and engineers, pilots and public employees, painters and plumbers, steelworkers and screenwriters, doctors and nurses, stagehands, electricians and more. We work the early shift and the late shift. We are the unemployed, students and retirees.
The Texas AFL-CIO is a state federation of labor unions representing 235,000 members in Texas. We advocate for working people in the political and legislative arenas.

 

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Donate to Louisiana Union Members Impacted by Ida and Nicholas

The Texas AFL-CIO has a long tradition of stepping in to help when disaster strikes. All contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of federal law. If you are in position to do so, please click to contribute. No amount is too small.

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DONATE TO LOUISIANA UNION MEMBERS

Many of our Union Siblings in Louisiana need our help in the wake of Hurricanes Ida and Nicholas. 

LOCKED OUT STEELWORKERS

Texas workers are taking the fight right to Exxon Mobil’s corporate headquarters! Watch the video

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One Year Later, Texas Drawing Wrong Lessons From Insurrection, Big Lie

Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy posted this statement on the one-year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S.

HD 118 Result Raises Stakes for Labor in 2022

A labor-to-labor, door-to-door campaign fell short on Election Day in Texas House District 118 but marked a return to full-scale, in-person union campaigning that sets the stage for a high-stakes 2

Legislature Leaves Working People Behind

  Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy issued this statement on completion of the third, and we hope final, special session of the Texas Legislature:

Texas AFL-CIO Suggests Alternatives for Use Of Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds

As the Texas Legislature considers how to allocate funds provided through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) of 2021, Texas labor unions believe workers must take priority.

Member Spotlight

Areli Zarate • Texas AFT 2048

Our union has kept me going. It has given me hope.

Paul Arebalo • IATSE 205

Being in a union means I have a voice. Whether it's regarding safety, pay or even work practices, my voice will be heard and that's one of the greatest rights I can think of.

Francisco Luna • Ironworkers Local 263

"I proudly construct buildings in DFW. My union helped me better my immigration status and apply for U.S. Citizenship."

Cheryl Eliano • AFGE District 10

The labor movement means solidarity.

Savanna Marvets • UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 286

I believe plumbing and pipefitting experience gained through my local union allows me to make a living wage.

Jennifer Hernandez - IUPAT

The labor movement is gaining momentum daily with each worker who realizes the power of collective strength.

What We Care About

Fair Shot Legislative Agenda

The immediate priorities of the Texas AFL-CIO focus on helping workers who have lost their jobs recover, avoiding unnecessary layoffs, and making sure adequate compensation is available. Texas must improve safety for working people who have kept the state’s economy going at serious risk to themselves.

Workplace Rights

We are at a moment when a fighting union organization could kindle the imagination of millions of workers and inspire a new labor movement.

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Support Working People’s Freedom!

Working people must come together to defend our rights and fight for a fair economy that works for everyone.

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Better Pay and Benefits

There is something fundamentally wrong with our economy. The rich keep getting richer while working people are working longer hours just to make ends meet. Despite year after year of increased productivity, we are not sharing in the fruits of our labor.
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Sign the Petition: Raise the Wage in Texas

The state minimum wage of $7.25 an hour condemns hundreds of thousands of working people to poverty, costs taxpayers and shuts out business customers. It is high time for Texas to join 29 other states in raising the minimum wage above a federal level that has become a victim of congressional gridlock after decades of bipartisan support for a decent wage floor.

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Trade/Manufacturing

A strong manufacturing sector is essential to our nation’s economic success and to our ability to raise wages and provide family-supporting jobs. But decades of devastating trade policy and attacks on unions have taken their toll.

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NAFTA Needs to Work for Working People

Renegotiations of the failed North American Free Trade Agreement are underway and the recently released objectives are vague and unambitious. Sign the petition calling for a new NAFTA that prioritizes working people.

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Tell us why the PRO Act is important to you and how it will help all working people.

AM I SAFE AT WORK?

Help workers demand safer workplaces.

2021 Executive Paywatch

High Paid CEOs and the Low Wage Economy

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Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2021

Recent News

One Year Later, Texas Drawing Wrong Lessons From Insurrection, Big Lie

The coup continues, in the form of partisan laws in Texas and other states that build paths toward overturning key elections because a legislative majority doesn’t like the result. Ongoing ballot audits, partisan bad-mouthing of Texas elections, and open discussion among radical groups of violence as a path to power threaten all of us.

One Year Later, Texas Drawing Wrong Lessons From Insurrection, Big Lie

Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy posted this statement on the one-year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol:
  “The attack on the U.S. Capitol was an attempted coup, pure and simple.

Texas AFL-CIO Salutes René Lara, Wishes Him Well in New Endeavor

The Texas AFL-CIO salutes René Lara, who is leaving the Texas AFL-CIO to lobby independently, for his work on the state federation’s legislative program over the last 13 years.

“No legislative environment is tougher for working families than the one in Texas, and for well over a decade, René Lara poured his heart into advancing the Texas AFL-CIO’s positions at the Capitol under the most difficult circumstances,” Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy said.

Texas AFL-CIO Lauds Retiring Rep. Garnet Coleman

 Texas AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Leonard Aguilar posted this statement on today’s retirement announcement by State Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston:
“The Texas AFL-CIO salutes Garnet Coleman on his retirement announcement after three decades in the Texas House. Garnet’s extraordinary accomplishments and worthy aspirations for our state serve as a model to all working families.
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