Liz Shuler
President, AFL-CIO
She leads the AFL-CIO's 15 million workers, and its AI partnership with Microsoft includes a promise not to fight unionizing.
- Born
- 1970, Gladstone, Oregon, U.S.
- Now
- President, AFL-CIO
- Studied
- University of Oregon
Interesting facts
- Early start
Grew up in a union household; her father was a power lineman, and she worked summers at the same utility, Portland General Electric, during college.
aflcio.org - Before AI
Her first job out of college was organizing clerical workers for an electrical workers' union local in Oregon.
aflcio.org - Detour
As a young union lobbyist she helped a coalition beat Enron's push to deregulate electricity through the Oregon Legislature.
aflcio.org - First
Is the first woman to lead the AFL-CIO, America's main labor federation.
aflcio.org - Numbers
Set a goal in 2022 of organizing 1 million new workers in a decade; she says unions hit it in three years.
aflcio.org - Connection
Her 2023 deal with Microsoft includes a neutrality pledge: the company does not fight workers who try to unionize.
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Career
- AFL-CIOPresident2009 to now
- IBEWExecutive Assistant to the President1993–2009
Education
- BA, Journalism, University of Oregon, 1992