AFL-CIO Tour Bus Stops in Navajo Nation for Union Fair
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AFL-CIO Tour Bus Stops in Navajo Nation for Union Fair
August 5, 2025
![[From left to right] Fred Yamashita, Justin Tsosie, Dr. Buu Nygren and Ervin Jackson in front of the tour bus.](https://aflcio.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/bus.jpg)
The AFL-CIO “It’s Better In a Union” bus tour made an appearance Monday at a labor union fair organized by the Nal-NiSHii Federation of Labor in Window Rock, Arizona. This was the first event of its kind organized by the Nal-NiSHii for the Navajo community.
Unions from around Arizona and New Mexico gathered in the capital of the Navajo Nation—which is the largest Indigenous reservation in the United States—to set up tables and talk about the benefits of union membership. The Nal-NiSHii Federation is the only AFL-CIO federated body that represents Indigenous families in the Navajo Nation. Union organizers said they had long hoped for an event like this to bring together local workers and unions interested in working on the reservation. The fair was held in front of the Window Rock Tribal Park and Veterans Memorial. Speakers included Nal-NiSHii Federation of Labor President Ervin Jackson, Arizona AFL-CIO Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Yamashita, Mine Workers (UMWA) International Representative Justin Tsosie and Navajo Nation President Dr. Buu Nygren.