AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO's framework — PRO Act, prevailing-wage rules, public-sector collective bargaining, minimum-wage increases, opposition to right-to-work — runs against Abbott on Texas's right-to-work status (which he has consistently defended), against his 2023 'Death Star' preemption law overriding city-level labor protections, and against his anti-vaccine-mandate posture on workplace public-health. Hinojosa's no-corporate-PAC posture, her stated minimum-wage-raise support on Fox 26, her quorum break against the August 2025 redistricting (which the AFL-CIO opposed), and her HB 3488 PBC bill (treated as stakeholder-capitalism-friendly by labor) align with the AFL-CIO frame. Texas AFT (a major AFL-CIO affiliate) has profiled both Hinojosa's Fully Fund Our Future Act and SB 12 critique. Hinojosa is the substantially closer AFL-CIO fit.
Sources
- Fox 26 Houston, Gina Hinojosa interview discussing the Texas minimum wage, raising the federal floor, and small-business posture. (full list)
- Texas AFT, 'This week in the legislature: Let's talk about educator pay raises,' covering Hinojosa's Fully Fund Our Future Act questioning of TEA Commissioner Mike Morath. (full list)
- Texas AFT, 'SB 12, the Parents Bill of Rights, deep dive,' 2025 — pronoun, DEI, and GSA provisions. (full list)
- Texas Tribune, 'Texas redistricting Democrats quorum break: what to know,' Aug. 4, 2025. (full list)
- AFL-CIO, public-policy framework on PRO Act, prevailing-wage rules, public-sector collective bargaining, and trade. (full list)