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Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO describes itself as the statewide coordinating council for 1,000 unions that represent 250,000 members in Wisconsin. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 56 national and international labor unions.