Editing AFL-CIO (section)

== International policy ==
The AFL-CIO is affiliated to the Brussels-based [[International Trade Union Confederation]], formed November 1, 2006. The new body incorporated the member organizations of the [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]], of which the AFL-CIO had long been part. The AFL-CIO had had a very active foreign policy in building and strengthening free trade unions. During the [[Cold War]], it vigorously opposed Communist unions in Latin America and Europe. In opposing Communism, it helped split the [[General Confederation of Labour (France)|CGT]] in France and helped create the anti-Communist [[Workers' Force|Force Ouvrière]].<ref>Robert Anthony Waters and Geert van Goethem, eds., ''American Labor's Global Ambassadors: The International History of the AFL–CIO During the Cold War'' (Palgrave Macmillan; 2014)</ref>

According to the cybersecurity firm Area 1, hackers working for the [[People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force]] compromised the networks of the AFL-CIO in order to gain information on negotiations for the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hacked European Cables Reveal a World of Anxiety About Trump, Russia and Iran |first1=David E. |last1=Sanger |first2=Steven |last2=Erlanger |date=December 18, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/european-diplomats-cables-hacked.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |quote=The cyberintruders also infiltrated the networks of the United Nations, the A.F.L.-C.I.O., and ministries of foreign affairs and finance worldwide. The hack of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. focused on issues surrounding the negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal that excluded Beijing. |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219163552/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/european-diplomats-cables-hacked.html |url-status=live }}</ref>