Organized labor is a growing force in the United States. In 2025, labor unions recorded the highest membership in 16 years. Liz Shuler is leading the charge. “They see that unions are out there fighting, right? We're out there raising people's voices,” Shuler said. Shuler represents the voices of 15 million of those people as president of the AFL-CIO — a federation of 65 national and international labor unions.