AFL-CIO

Leadership & Staff

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Liz Shuler Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

• president (Aug '21→?) [+1]

• Secretary-Treasurer ('09→?)*

Thea Lee Chief of Staff, AFL-CIO

• Chief of Staff

Gerald McEntee Retired AFSCME President

• Vice president

Arlene Holt Baker Executive Vice President of AFL-CIO

• Executive Vice President (Sep 1 '07→?)

John Hiatt General counsel of the AFL-CIO

• general counsel ('95→?)

Richard L Trumka Late AFL-CIO president, secretary-treasurer

• President ('09→Aug '21) [+1]

• Secretary-Treasurer (Oct '95→'09)

Michael Podhorzer Political Director of the AFL-CIO

• Position

Ernest DuBester Biden Nominee for Chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority

• Legislative Counsel (past)

Celeste Drake Biden appointee as Made in America Director, Office of Management and Budget; former Trade and Globalization Policy Specialist, AFL-CIO

• Trade and Globalization Policy Specialist (past)

Jay Lovestone A former Communist Party leader in the United States

• international affairs director ('43→'74)

Board Members

Patrick J Eiding President, Philadelphia AFL/CIO; Trustee, Temple

• General Board member

John J Sweeney President of AFL-CIO since 1995-2009

• President ('95→'09)

Donations

Darrell Clarke President, Philadelphia City Council

• Donation/Grant (Nov 2 '07) [+6]

• Donation/Grant (Nov 2 '07)

• Donation/Grant (May 10 '07)

• Donation/Grant (Apr 3 '07)

• Donation/Grant (Apr 3 '07)

• Donation/Grant (Nov 2 '07)

• campaign contribution (May 10 '07)

Institute for Policy Studies Non-profit think-tank for progressive or liberal causes

• Donation/Grant

Center for Economic and Policy Research The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) was established in 1999 to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.

• Donation/Grant

American Constitution Society liberal legal organization

• Donation/Grant

Holdings

Department for Professional Employees AFL-CIO AFL-CIO department

• Department

Building and Construction Trades Department AFL-CIO AFL-CIO department

• Department

Child Organizations

LA/Orange Counties Building & Construction Trades Council Los Angeles-based council of building & construction trade unions.

• comprised of affiliates

Congress of Industrial Organizations

• committee ('35→?)*

Free Trade Union Institute FTUI conducted educational programs and provided technical assistance to labor unions in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

• Child Org

American Federation of Teachers Second largest union in the United States.

• an affiliate ('16→?)

Free Trade Union Committee Its mission was to assist trade unions in foreign countries

• committee ('44→?)

AFL-CIO Housing Investment trust

• Child Org*

Memberships

Americans for Tax Fairness

• Member

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Leveraging Investments of Faith Communities

• Member

Act Local

• Member

Americans United to Protect Social Security 200+ member coalition, including AFL-CIO and USAction

• Member

Miscellaneous Relationships

EQT Corporation Pittsburgh-based oil and gas driller

• Pennsylvania Center for Excellence for Decarbonizing Manufacturing Operations

Voter ID

• opposed by

Connecting Credentials Framework Linking Competency Based Education to Workforce Skills

• Affiliation

Women’s March on Washington

• Affiliation

Democracy Spring

• Affiliation

America Votes

• Affiliation