The International Labor Press Association was founded in 1955 to coordinate messaging around the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and later became a professional organization for trade union publications and media production departments of AFL-CIO affiliates. Its name was changed to International Labor Communications Association in 1985.The International Labor Communications Association is a nonpartisan, non-profit professional organization for trade union publications and media production departments of national, regional and/or local affiliates of the AFL-CIO and Canadian Labour Congress. It provides resources, expertise and networking opportunities for labor communicators. It was founded in 1955 under the name International Labor Press Association to coordinate messaging about the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). In 1985, its name was changed to the International Labor Communications Association.