AFL-CIO unveils plan to grow but some union leaders underwhelmed

Liz Shuler, the federation's president, announces effort to increase membership by 1m but some say they have to aim much higher'

In light of the youth-driven surge of union drives at Starbucks, Amazon, Apple and elsewhere, the AFL-CIO - the main US's labor federation - is facing growing pressure to undertake a bolder effort to help today's burst of unionizing expand far faster.

At the AFL-CIO's convention in Philadelphia, Liz Shuler, the federation's president, unveiled a new effort, announcing: In the next 10 years we will organize and grow our movement by more than 1 million working people. How's that for a goal!"