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By Daniela Altimari, Mary Ellen McIntire and Niels Lesniewski

Organized labor is ramping up for the midterms.

In her annual State of the Unions address this week, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler laid out the labor federation’s concerns and how it intends to mobilize its members.

Affordability, including the cost of housing and health care, along with the social and economic upheaval presented by AI, are among the chief worries of the AFL-CIO’s nearly 15 million members.