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The '''AFL-CIO''' (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) is a [[liberal]] organization of 55 national and international [[labor union]]s. The AFL-CIO is a coalition partner of the liberal coalition [[America Votes]]. <ref>[http://www.americavotes.org/site/partner_summaries/ America Votes - Partners]</ref>

The '''AFL-CIO''' ([[American Federation of Labor]] and [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]]) is a [[liberal]] organization of 55 national and international [[labor union]]s. The AFL-CIO is a coalition partner of the liberal coalition [[America Votes]].<ref>[http://www.americavotes.org/site/partner_summaries/ America Votes - Partners]</ref>

The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to the United States. <ref>[http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/mission/ What We Stand for: Mission and Goals of the AFL-CIO]</ref>

The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to the United States. <ref>[http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/mission/ What We Stand for: Mission and Goals of the AFL-CIO]</ref>

It also supported the [[Occupy Wall Street]]-movement.

It also supported the [[Occupy Wall Street]]-movement.

==see also==

==See also==

* [[American labor unions]]

* [[American labor unions]]

==References==

==References==

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