Constituency Groups
UFCW Minority Coalition
The mission of the UFCW Minority Coalition is to develop a unified voice, and promote diversity and inclusion within the labor movement. The Coalition strives to be a viable asset to the growth of the United Food and Commercial Workers, labor, and communities in need.
http://www.ufcwminoritycoalition.org
UFCW Retirees Club
The UFCW International Officers and Employees Retirees Club is an independent organization affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. The club's purpose is to provide a link between the International Union and retired UFCW members, officers and staff. The UFCW seeks to benefit from its retirees' many years of experience and commitment by encouraging their participation in organizing, legislative and political action, community service, and other programs designed to increase membership and strengthen the International Union and its local unions.
UFCW Women's Network
The primary purpose of the UFCW Women's Network is to unify UFCW women through an international network. Women, who comprise more than 50 percent of the UFCW 's members, represent a powerful resource for the union. The Network believes that active participation of women members in the UFCW enhances our union's strength at the bargaining table, in organizing campaigns, and in the political arena.
The Network assesses women's common problems and concerns, and develops action programs to address them within the framework of our local unions, the International Union and regional structures, and the labor movement as a whole.
The Network, in cooperation with the International Union and the Working Women's Department, seeks to motivate and educate UFCW women to increase women's participation in UFCW activities and programs. The Network encourages the hiring and promotion of qualified women to leadership and policy-making positions at all levels within the UFCW local unions, the International Union, and the labor movement.
The Network supports the formation of women's committees and caucuses at the local union and regional levels, wherever possible.
The Network recognizes that organizing the unorganized is top priority for the UFCW. In cooperation with the International Union and its Working Women's and Organizing Departments, the Network assists where appropriate in organizing programs.
Membership in the Network is open to all who share its goals.
United Latinos
The United Latinos are committed to assist, promote and encourage views that will strengthen, develop understanding, and promote Latinos and Latinos' issues within the UFCW and in the workplace. Joining together, we can help empower Latino men and women in our communities throughout the country. Working together, we strive for social and economic justice for Latinos and all minorities. Together, we will build Latino pride within our great Union!
http://www.ufcwunitedlatinos.org
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The A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), was founded in 1965. APRI's mission, from its founding to the present, has been to fight for racial equality and economic justice. APRI's unique role is to work with black trade unionists, the people best suited to serve as a bridge between labor and the black community.
APRI spearheads the "Black-Labor Alliance", to build black community support for the trade union movement, and to convey to labor the needs and concerns of black Americans. With more than 150 chapters in 36 states, APRI members are involved in political and community education, lobbying, legislative action and labor support activities.
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
Founded in 1992, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian Pacific American union members.
It organizes and works with Asian Pacific American workers, many of them immigrants, to build the labor movement and address exploitative conditions in the food processing, garment, electronics, hotel and restaurant, and health care industries.
More than half a million Asian Pacific American workers have joined unions and are seeking better pay, improved benefits, dignity on the job, and a voice in the work place.
Backed with the strong support of the AFL-CIO, APALA has thirteen chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C.
The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
CBTU is the independent voice of black workers within the labor movement, championing trade unionism, and working within the labor movement for the needs and aspirations of Black and poor workers.
Since its founding conference in 1972, CBTU's stature among African American workers has grown. Currently, more than 50 different international and national unions are represented in CBTU. With 50 chapters nationwide and one in Ontario, Canada, CBTU is maximizing the strength and influence of black workers in unions and empowering their communities.
Coalition of Labor Union Women
At its founding conference in 1974, CLUW adopted four goals of action:
- Organizing Unorganized Women
- Political Action and Legislation
- Affirmative Action in the Workplace, and
- Participation of Women Within Their Unions
Twenty-five years later, these goals continue to be the cornerstone of CLUW's activities including programs for child care, pay equity, labor law reform, national health care and reproductive freedom.
In more than seventy-five chapters across the country, CLUW Sisters and Brothers seek to implement CLUW's agenda through education, negotiations, legislation and media events.
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Founded in 1973, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) is a national Latino trade union association representing 1.4 million Latino working men and women in 43 international unions in 64 chapters in 17 states and Puerto Rico. As the Latino constituency group within the American Federation of Labor-Council of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), LCLAA advocates for the rights of all Latino workers and their families in all phases of the American trade union movement and the political process. Through its national advocacy and political work, LCLAA strives to achieve social dignity, economic and political justice, and a higher living standard for every Latino worker.
Pride At Work
National Pride At Work is affiliated as the newest constituency group of the AFL-CIO. The purpose of Pride At Work is to mobilize mutual support between organized labor and the LGBT Community around organizing for social and economic justice. Pride At Work aims to educate the LBGT Community about the benefits of union membership for LGBT working people, and to build support and solidarity for the union movement in the LGBT community.
http://www.igc.org/prideatwork/
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