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We Refuse to
Be Divided.
Unions across the country are fighting back against the mass-deportation agenda. When bosses and politicians try to split workers by where they were born, the labor movement answers with one voice: an injury to one is an injury to all. This page tracks how unions are standing with immigrant workers — in the streets, in the states, in the courts, and on the global stage.
AFL-CIO CONVENTION · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
"We Refuse to Be Divided"
Delegates at the AFL-CIO Convention passed a powerful resolution demanding dignity and a future for every worker, regardless of where they were born.
A pathway to citizenship
For all those whose labor and other contributions help our country prosper — recognizing immigrant workers as the neighbors, members, and builders they already are.
An end to employer control of status
Stop letting bosses weaponize a worker's immigration status to suppress wages, break organizing drives, and silence those who speak up.
People ahead of profits
Enforcement and spending priorities that promote rights rather than repression — putting working families before detention quotas and corporate contractors.
The movement that resisted Operation Metro Surge.
The local host committee planned a moving Minnesota Strong welcome program, highlighting how the labor movement organized to resist Operation Metro Surge. The immigration stage program featured a powerful lineup of labor leaders standing in solidarity.
AFL-CIO Labor and Immigration Policy Fellows also led Know Your Rights trainings and collected worker stories at the Frontline Solidarity installation in the exhibit hall.
Watch via AFL-CIOOn the immigration stage
- Brent Booker — President, LIUNA
- Evelyn DeJesus — Executive Vice President, AFT
- David Huerta — President, SEIU-USWW
- Brian Bryant — President, IAM
- Max Londonio (IAM Member) & his wife Crystal
The story of Max Londonio
A short film told the story of IAM member Max Londonio — his arrest, his detention by ICE, and his eventual release — with labor and community standing with him and his wife Crystal every step of the way. His story is a reminder of what solidarity looks like when the machinery of deportation comes for one of our own.
ON THE FRONT LINES
Unions in Action
From the picket line to the bargaining table, unions are turning solidarity into power for immigrant workers.
Right to strike if ICE threatens worker safety
Days before the FIFA World Cup games in Los Angeles, UNITE HERE Local 11 reached a tentative agreement covering 2,000 workers at SoFi Stadium — including the explicit right to strike if ICE or Border Patrol activity at the worksite threatens worker safety.
Standing with Dreamers
For DACA's 14th anniversary, AFT launched a new site to help members, leaders, and allies stand with Dreamers — including an e-action alert calling for a path to citizenship.
Visit AFTJustice, stability, a real pathway
The AFL-CIO joined United We Dream and allies for DACA's 14th anniversary with one message: justice, stability, and a real pathway to citizenship.
Visit United We DreamDemanding Palantir end its work with ICE
SEIU 32BJ members protested outside Palantir's NYC office with faith leaders and community members to demand the company end its collaboration with ICE.
Know Your Rights training
LIUNA hosted a Know Your Rights training at the LIUNA Minnesota & North Dakota Laborers Training Center, with support from the national AFL-CIO.
IN THE STATES
State federations stand up
Minnesota AFL-CIO
The Minnesota AFL-CIO and a number of affiliates issued statements standing with Minnesotans — including union members — facing arrest and federal charges.
Chicago Federation of Labor
The Chicago Federation of Labor and Workers United Chicago & Midwest Regional Board held a roundtable on worker exploitation, discussing how Illinois organizers can protect workers amid rising labor abuses.
IN THE COURTS
Fighting — and winning — in court
When the administration breaks the law, unions take it to the courtroom.
Dorcas v. USCIS — WIN
SEIU, UAW, and others won a major victory: the court declared unlawful a series of policies that halted asylum processing, froze immigration benefits, and targeted immigrants based on nationality.
Lujan v. FMCSA
AFT, AFSCME, and others filed an important brief challenging a rule that would block nearly 200,000 immigrant drivers from renewing their commercial driver's license — a requirement to drive most trucks and buses.
A first-ever binding standard for platform workers.
After years of engagement from the AFL-CIO and the International Trade Union Confederation, the International Labor Organization adopted the Convention on Decent Work in the Platform Economy (No. 193) — the first binding international labor standard guaranteeing fundamental rights to the hundreds of millions of workers who earn their living through digital labor platforms, including many immigrant workers worldwide.
Learn about ILO Convention 193Show up. Stand together.
Have a report-out or upcoming event to share? Email frontlinesolidarity@aflcio.org.
Your local can stand in solidarity too.
Send your report-outs, upcoming events, and Know Your Rights trainings to the AFL-CIO Frontline Solidarity team so they can lift up your work in future updates.
