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President Joe Biden arrives for a visit to AFL-CIO headquarters, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Washington, as AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler, left, cheers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘My domestic NATO’: Biden looks to union leaders for support amid growing calls to step aside

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Jan. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump will meet with the Teamsters in Washington as he tries to cut into Biden’s union support

By Jill Colvin and Tom Krisher - Associated Press

President Joe Biden arrives to speak at a get-out-the-vote rally for Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., at Long Beach City College, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in Long Beach, Calif., as Gavin faces a recall election on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Waiting in the wings: Gavin Newsom bides time while eyed as a stand-in for Biden on Dem ticket

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at the North America's Building Trades Union National Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Unions go all in for Biden 2024 with early endorsements

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Liz Shuler was elected as president and Fred Redmond as secretary-treasurer by the AFL-CIO Convention delegates on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Shuler is the first woman and Redmond is the first African American to hold their respective offices, the AFL-CIO said in a statement. (Image: AFL-CIO press release)

AFL-CIO elects Liz Shuler new leader, first woman to hold position

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2009, file photo, outgoing AFL-CIO President John Sweeney speaks at the AFL-CIO convention at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Sweeney, who spent 14 years steering the AFL-CIO through a time of declining union membership and rising internal dissent, died on Feb. 1, 2021. He was 86. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney dies at age 86

By DINO HAZELL - Associated Press

West Virginia AFL-CIO endorses Salango for governor

Associated Press

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, center, together with Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., right, and Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., join other Democratic lawmakers and supporters voicing their opposition to NAFTA 2.0 and to President Donald Trump's new trade deal during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Richard Trumka vows to reverse Trump gains with union members

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, calls on a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, after President Donald Trump announces a deal to reopen the government for three weeks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Dems call on Trump to approve ‘big and bold’ infrastructure plan

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Teachers, AFL-CIO rally for right to strike in Maine

Associated Press

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, laughs during South by Southwest on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Austin, Texas. The festival has grown from obscure roots into a weeklong juggernaut of tech, politics and entertainment. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

AFL-CIO shreds Green New Deal: AOC’s plan could cause ‘immediate harm to millions’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

W.Va. judge strikes down key portions of right-to-work law

By JOHN RABY - Associated Press

In this photo taken Tuesday, July 31, 2018, people opposing Proposition A listen to a speaker during a rally in Kansas City, Mo. Missouri votes Tuesday, Aug. 7 on a so-called right-to-work law, a voter referendum seeking to ban compulsory union fees in all private-sector workplaces. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Influence of organized labor gets big test in Missouri vote

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

In this Feb. 1, 2016, photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Richard Trumka focused on retaking Trump’s Rust Belt states in 2018

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In a Dec. 2, 2016, file photo, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., listens with Jamie Harrison, back, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, as Ray Buckley, chair of the party in New Hampshire, speaks during a forum on the future of the Democratic Party, in Denver. Ellison said Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, that he'll resign his seat in Congress if he’s picked as chairman by DNC members at the late February elections. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Keith Ellison wins AFL-CIO endorsement

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to a question during a panel discussion on national security, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at the Virginia Air and Space Museum in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Hillary Clinton endorsed by AFL-CIO

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking during a Planned Parenthood Action Fund membership event, Friday, June 10, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hillary Clinton nears AFL-CIO endorsement

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this May 7, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Spokane, Wash. Trump is moving quickly to install political operatives in more than a dozen states, targeting Maine and Minnesota among others that traditionally favor Democrats, as the Republican White House contender lays the groundwork for an expanded electoral battlefield. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Donald Trump’s union support scares Democrats; Steyer rebuke latest sign of shift

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Portland, Ore., in this Monday, May 18, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) ** FILE **

Workers’ wages at AFL-CIO summer meeting under scrutiny

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Union Boss Makes More Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RICK BERMAN: Union bosses earn more than CEOs

By Rick Berman