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Union Counseling
The Union Counseling Program trains rank-and-file union members in providing information to union members in need and in referring them to appropriate services in their communities. Union Counseling is conducted nationwide under the auspices of AFL-CIO state federations and central labor councils and in cooperation with United Ways. Union Counseling has been an effective social outreach program for organized labor for over half a century.
Retirement
Seminars are held for people planning to retire or who have recently done so.
Participants discuss how to cope with their new way of life by exploring such topics as financial planning, consumer information, leisure activities and housing arrangements. Participants learn about volunteer opportunities that allow them to make good use of their skills, including serving on volunteer boards and committees of health and human-care service organizations.
Unemployment
Under the direction of the AFL-CIO Field Mobilization Department, state and local AFL-CIO Community Services Liaisons and labor agency staff conduct seminars to the unemployed. Participants learn how to access available resources.
NALC National Food Drive
United Way of America is a full partner in the National Association of letter Carriers' (NALC) National Food Drive held annually on the second Saturday in May. The drive stocks local community food banks, pantries and shelters with non-perishable food items Letter Carriers collect from customers along food drive, was started by NALC in 1991 in cooperation with the U.S. Postal Service and AFL-CIO. United Way became a partner in 1994. The number of participating branches and pounds of food collected each year continue to increase.
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