Affliates are fired for being associated with mobs
Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin) passed
President John Kennedy's order gives federal workers the right to bargain
March on Washington for jobs and Justice, Equal Pay Act bans wage discrimination based on gender
Civil Rights Act bans institutional forms of racial discrimination
AFL-CIO forms A. Philip Randolph Institute, and César Chávez forms AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Occupational Safety and Health Act passed
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists formed
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement founded
Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
Lane Kirkland elected president of AFL-CIO
President Reagan breaks air traffic controllers’s strike , and AFL-CIO rallies 400,000 in Washington on Solidarity Day
Organizing Institute created
United Mine Workers of America win strike against Pittston Coal, and United Steelworkers of America labor Alliance created within the AFL-CIO
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance created within AFL-CIO
Thomas Donahue replaces Lane Kirkland as interim head of AFL-CIO, and now John Sweeney president of AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO defeats legislation giving the president the ability to “Fast Track’ trade legislation without assured protection of workers’ rights and the environment
Pride at Work, a national coalition of lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender workers and their supporters, becomes an AFL-CIO constituency group AFL-CIO membership renewed growth
30,000 union members and activists rally against the United States granting permanent normal trade relations with China.
40,000 union activists and allies protest the Free Trade Area of the Americas in Quebec City, Canada, the largest anti-globalization mobilization to date.
The AFL-CIO forms the Industrial Union Council (IUC) to revitalize manufacturing, combat destructive international trade agreements, and defend workers’ rights.
The AFL-CIO establishes Working America to reach out to non-union members and mobilize workers through door-to-door canvassing in neighborhoods.
As part of the election year get-out-the-vote effort, some 225,000 union volunteers knock on millions of doors, make 10 million phone calls, and distribute 32 million leaflets
Change to Win holds its founding convention in St. Louis, created among seven unions previously members of the AFL-CIO.
The AFL-CIO and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) form a partnership to collaborate with local worker centers on immigration reform and other issues.
The Industrial Union Council led a delegation of 21 North American union leaders to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) in Bali, Indonesia.
The United Steel Workers union (USW) joins with unions in Britain, Ireland, Canada, and the Caribbean to form the global union, Workers Uniting.
Shortly after his inauguration, President Obama signs the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored the rights of working women to sue over pay discrimination.
The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) leaves Change to Win and rejoins the AFL-CIO