White River Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Local Involvement

AFL-CIO Community Services Liaison Network

Over 200 full-time state and local AFL-CIO Community Services Liaisons serve as links between their state federations and central labor councils and United Ways in 169 communities across the United States. In addition, 20 of 21 local labor agencies and five state labor agencies receive direct United Way support. Canada has 36 full-time Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Labour Liaisons. The White River Central Labor Council has a Community Service Liaison at United Way of Monroe County.

Key areas of responsibility include:

1. To implement the AFL-CIO Community Services core program:
   union counselor training
   assistance to working families experiencing lay-off or strike
   help for the unemployed
   information and referral, and case management
   retiree and older worker programs
   blood drives and disaster services
2. To increase labor participation in United Way campaign.
3. To cultivate AFL-CIO/United Way Relationships.
4. To carry out special AFL-CIO community services projects.
5. To attend appropriate AFL-CIO and United Way functions.
6. To expand labor's knowledge and use of community resources.
7. To fulfill administrative responsibilities.

Labor Participation on Voluntary Boards and Committees

A major activity of the AFL-CIO Community Services Program is to recruit, train and place diverse members of organized labor on the decision-making bodies of health and human-care service organizations. This is done at the national, state and local levels.