# American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Die American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) ist der mitgliederstärkste Gewerkschafts-Dachverband der USA und Kanadas.
Er hat 60 nationale und internationale Mitgliedsorganisationen, die zusammen mehr als 12,5 Millionen (Stand: 2023) Organisierte vertreten.
Die AFL-CIO ist Mitglied des Internationalen Gewerkschaftsbundes (IGB). In der Mitgliederliste des IGB wird die Mitgliedschaft mit 8,4 Millionen angegeben (Stand: 2019).

## Geschichte

1935 hatte sich die CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) von der AFL (American Federation of Labor) abgespalten. 1955 vereinigten sich beide wieder zur AFL-CIO.
Bis 2005 arbeitete er praktisch als zentraler Dachverband. Interne Meinungsverschiedenheiten führten dazu, dass im Juli/August 2005 zahlreiche Gewerkschaften (darunter mit der Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft SEIU die größte Einzelgewerkschaft) austraten und sich unter einem neuen Dachverband „Change to Win“ formierten.

## Präsidenten

* 1955–1979 George Meany
* 1979–1995 Lane Kirkland
* 1995 Thomas R. Donahue
* 1995–2009 John J. Sweeney
* 2009–2021 Richard Trumka
* seit 2021 Liz Shuler

## Gewerkschaften

In der AFL-CIO sind 2023 folgende 60 Gewerkschaften vertreten:
* Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
* Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
* Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
* American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
* American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM)
* American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA)
* American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
* American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
* American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
* American Postal Workers Union (APWU)
* American Radio Association (ARA)
* American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA)
* Associated Actors and Artistes of America (4As)
** American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA)
** The Guild of Italian American Actors (GIAA)
* Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM)
* Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)
* California School Employees Association (CSEA)
* Communications Workers of America (CWA)
** Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA)
** Industrial Union of Electronic Workers (IUE-CWA)
** National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA)
** Printing, Publishing and Media Workers, CWA (PPMW-CWA)
** The Newspaper Guild (TNG-CWA)
* Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC)
* International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE)
* International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Ironworkers)
* International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
* International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers (AWIU)
* International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
** National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM)
** Transportation Communications International Union/IAM (TCU/IAM)
* International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART)
* International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (IBB)
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
* International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE)
* International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P)
* International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America
* International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers (Novelty and Production Workers)
* International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC)
* International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC)
* International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE)
* International Union of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada (IUPAT)
* International Union of Police Associations (IUPA)
* Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA)
** National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU)
* Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA)
* Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA)
* Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association (MEBA)
** Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS)
* National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
* National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)
* National Nurses United (NNU)
* National Taxi Workers Alliance (NTWA)
* National Women’s Soccer League Players Association (NWSLPA)
* NFL Players Association (NFLPA)
* Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
* Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association of the United States and Canada (OPCMIA)
* Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
* Seafarers International Union of North America (SIU)
* Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)
* UNITEHERE (UNITEHERE)
* United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA)
* United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW)
* United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)
** Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU-UFCW)
* United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
* United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union (USW)
** Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMP-USW)
* United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (Roofers and Waterproofers)
* Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA)
* Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association (WNBPA)
* Writers Guild of America, East Inc. (WGAE)