The Michigan AFL-CIO, the state's largest federation of labor unions, announced Friday the hiring of longtime strategist Chad Cyrowski as its communications director.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Chad back to the Michigan AFL-CIO,” the federation's president, Ron Bieber, said in a press release. “He brings the experience, creativity, and values we need to build a communications operation that reflects the power and diversity of Michigan’s labor movement.”

Cyrowski will be tasked with crafting messaging on behalf of the federation's 40 labor organizations in a swing state — ahead of the 2026 midterms — at a time when union membership is near all-time-lows . His appointment comes as the administration of President Donald Trump takes a markedly different approach to labor policy compared wi

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