The AFL-CIO Sports Council is a coalition within the AFL-CIO that brings together professional athletes’ unions and players associations to strengthen worker power in professional sports, improve labor conditions, and support athletes’ rights on and off the field.
Labor rights, collective bargaining, workplace safety, fair compensation, anti-discrimination protections, union organizing, and worker protections for professional and college athletes
Primarily funded through AFL-CIO and affiliated union membership dues and resources
AFL-CIO; NFL Players Association; Major League Baseball Players Association; Major League Soccer Players Association; National Hockey League Players’ Association; National Women’s Soccer League Players Association; Women’s National Basketball Players’ Association; Professional Hockey Players’ Association; National Lacrosse League Players’ Association; USL Players Association-CWA; AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler
Labor coalition within a national federation of unions
