2 Major Unions Are Merging as Trump Prepares to Take Office

The Service Employees International Union is reuniting with the AFL-CIO after 20 years apart.

Elizabeth Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, speaks before President Joe Biden arrives to speak at the Department of Labor in Washington on Dec. 16, 2024. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo

A union representing some 2 million workers is rejoining one of the largest unions in the country, the unions announced on Jan. 8, days ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which left the AFL-CIO in 2005, is merging with the AFL-CIO.