How to Watch the Texas AFL-CIO's US Senate Debate Between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico

The Texas AFL-CIO will host the first debate between the two leading candidates for the Democratic Party nomination for U.S.

How to Watch the Texas AFL-CIO's US Senate Debate Between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico

Lone Star Labor: We’re just 9 DAYS AWAY from our 2026 COPE Convention

Every two years, union delegates come together at our Committee on Political Education (COPE) Convention to talk strategy for building political power and vote on which candidates we’ll endorse in the 2026 mi

Lone Star Labor: We’re just 9 DAYS AWAY from our 2026 COPE Convention

Lone Star Labor: Texas Workers Are Kicking Off the First Texas Senate Debate of 2026

The Texas AFL-CIO will be hosting the first U.S.

Lone Star Labor: Texas Workers Are Kicking Off the First Texas Senate Debate of 2026

Texas AFL-CIO to Host First Debate Between Democratic Candidates for U.S. Senate

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and Texas State Representative James Talarico Will Square-Off at Organization’s COPE Convention on Jan. 24

Texas AFL-CIO to Host First Debate Between Democratic Candidates for U.S. Senate

Lone Star Labor: Thank You for an Incredible Year! 💪

As 2025 comes to an end, we want to thank you for everything you’ve done. Your commitment to fighting for Texas workers and standing up against the billionaires and the politicians they’ve bought is what powers our movement. 

Lone Star Labor: Thank You for an Incredible Year! 💪

Texas Observer: At the Texas AFL-CIO, a Changing of the Guard in a Time of Growth

For labor organizing, Texas was long dismissed as a forlorn place.

“Right-to-work” laws restrict organizing here, most public-sector workers can’t collectively bargain or strike, and local governments are broadly banned from passing their own worker rights ordinances.

Texas Observer: At the Texas AFL-CIO, a Changing of the Guard in a Time of Growth