Partnership Between United Way
and Organized Labor

 

Since 1946, the AFL-CIO and United Way of America have enjoyed a cooperative relationship through which they and local United Ways have provided services to members of organized labor, their families, and their communities. This partnership has positively impacted hundreds of local families.  Liz Feitl, our Community Service Liaison, works to...

• Train union members to assist co-workers with information about available local services and to refer them to the appropriate organizations. Provide daily information and referral to those who don't know where to turn; assist workers who become displaced; recruit members to serve on local boards of health and human care service organizations; and work collaboratively with other service organizations to provide programs to the community.
   
• Assist the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) in their one-day nationwide food drives. In addition, letter carriers help elderly and disabled citizens maintain independent lives through the Carrier Alert Program, which instructs letter carriers to watch for signs, such as mail accumulation, that an elderly person may be in crisis.
   
• Recruit, train, and help place members of organized labor on the decision-making bodies of health and human-care organizations.
   
• Solicit annual letters of endorsement from AFL-CIO affiliated unions and state federations to be distributed to United Ways and the entire AFL-CIO Community.
   
• Support the United Way campaign through the liaison network.
   
• Organize and host the annual WRCLC yard sale to benefit UWCS and its member agencies.

For more information, contact your local Community Service Liaison Liz Feitl at 334-8370 or cell: 812-360-4961