The Labor Council aims to provide support to local unions as they change to organize through training, networking, and campaign assistance. Through the Labor Council's Organizing Committee, locals come together to share resources and technical skills with one another, leveraging their individual efforts into a greater combined whole. Creating a favorable political environment and building community support for the rights of working people to organize for justice both within their workplaces and in the community is our single mission and focus. Through bi-monthly meetings, local unions committed to organizing share best practices, resources and provide technical assistance to one another.
Meetings also provide an opportunity for locals to specify upcoming resource needs.
The Labor Council provides support to local unions by providing volunteers for house visits, political and community support, media outreach, mobilizations and delegations to employers. Building Public Support for the Right to Organize Building public support for organizing campaigns sends a powerful message to anti-union employers. By enlisting the critical support of community leaders, elected officials and members of the faith community, the Labor Council helps to give working people the courage to organize and remain united in the face of employer intimidation and harassment. Through political action and building strategic alliances in the community, our efforts work to shine the public eye on unscrupulous employment practices taking place in our community. Training union members both within a local union as well as from sister locals to go out and educate workers during an organizing drive is effective and compelling.