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Community Partnerships and Organized Labor
Organized
labor is a part of United Way both nationally and locally. The AFL-CIO
policy on community services encourages state federations and local
councils to support the United Way structure by assisting with
fundraising and supporting human service delivery systems. Locally, the
United Way of Howard County and the Howard-Tipton Counties Central
Labor Council have an established partnership that begins with the
AFL-CIO Community Services Liaison (CSL), a position that has existed
within the United Way since the 1950’s. The CSL program was
established to meet the needs of workers in the community and assist
each United Way in obtaining funds and volunteers through the labor
community. To find out more about available services and programs,
contact Cheryl Graham AFL-CIO Labor Activity Director at 457-6691 or cgraham@unitedwayhoco.org
Organized Labor is represented throughout the United Way of Howard County structure. Brian West Labor Rep. for UAW 1166 represents labor on both the United Way Board and Executive committee. Union members are also represented on various volunteer committees.
| Organized Labor and the United Way Community Campaign Union members are a part of each level of the local United Way campaign. Each year a Labor Chair is appointed to assist with workplace campaigns involving organized labor and to recruit union volunteers to help during the campaign. In 2006, the United Way Labor Chair is Brian West, UAW 1166. He is a long time advocate of union community service activities and the United Way. In addition, union members serve as Loaned Associates, the backbone of fundraising for each community campaign. In addition to various national union endorsements of the United Way campaigns, local union organizations endorse the Howard County community campaign. Last year, 22 organizations lent their endorsement: |
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