WNBA Players Association Is Latest Group to Join AFL-CIO (2)

The Women’s National Basketball Players Association has joined the AFL-CIO, the country’s largest labor federation announced in a tweet Wednesday.

The WNBA Players Association joins at least five other professional sports unions the AFL-CIO counts as part of its organization.

The AFL-CIO’s 58 unions represent more than 12 million workers. The WNBA Players Association was the first labor union of professional women athletes when it was formed in 1998.

“These players are trailblazers both in the sport of basketball and in their outspoken activism for social and racial justice. I’m so excited to have them as a part of the ...