The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute (WAI) is the workforce development arm of the AFL-CIO. WAI is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) national workforce intermediary organization.

WAI works with the AFL-CIO network (more than 400 state and local labor federations and local labor councils, and 60 affiliated unions) along with employers, workforce boards, community organizations, and apprenticeship officials to increase the effectiveness of economic development and workforce systems, and to create, expand, and retain high-quality jobs.