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There are many opportunities to get involved with M. L. King County Labor Council activities. We have several committees that meet on a regular basis to expand the work of the Council. Active committees currently include Education, Diversity and Political Action. See our committee information under the Council Structure tab for details.
Delegates are appointed by the individual affiliates, but if you're interested in becoming a delegate be sure to let your union leadership know so they may consider you for current or future openings on their delegate roster.
Our local constituency groups are always looking for new members! Here's contact information - please get in touch with them if you're interested in learning more about how you can help make connections between your community and the local labor movement!
We're forwarding the six goals of "Union Cities"
1. Organize
To regain power, unions need to dramatically increase the amount of resources spent on organizing unorganized workers. The affiliated unions of the M. L. King County Labor Council are encouraged to adopt the AFL-CIO's four-step "Changing to Organize" program, which includes devoting more resources to organizing, developing a strong organizing staff, devising and implementing a strategic organizing plan and mobilizing the local's entire membership around organizing. The M. L. King County Labor Council is also encouraging all unions to increase their membership so that a three percent union membership growth rate becomes a reality in King County by the year 2000.
How can I get involved?
If you are a union member and want more information on getting involved in the M. L. King County Labor Council Organizing Committee, e-mail the Council.
Want to find out if your union has committed to the four-step "Changing to Organize" program? Click here.
Want to become an organizer? The AFL-CIO Organizing Institute offers a training school for new organizers.
2. Mobilize
During recent strikes, we were able to turn out thousands - and our sisters and brothers won fair contracts! The M. L. King County Labor Council is committed to working with local unions to develop the capacity to regularly recruit and activate at least one percent of union membership in a solidarity and rapid-response mobilization network.
How can I get involved?
To get our our activist list, e-mail the Council.
The M. L. King County Labor Council works with Washington State Jobs With Justice, an independent labor, community, and religious coalition dedicated to mobilizing in defense of working people. For more information, e-mail Jobs With Justice.
3. Increase our Political Clout
The M. L. King County Labor Council is committed to organizing grassroots legislative/political action committees from the precinct level up, building community alliances and supporting political candidates who champion working families, and holding them accountable once elected, and recruiting activists in key legislative districts. We are also committed to encouraging city and county councils and other local political bodies to pass resolutions and/or legislation supporting the right of workers to organize; to insist that political candidates support these resolutions as a condition of endorsement; and to get elected officials to publicly support specific worker organizing and bargaining campaigns.
How can I get involved?
The M. L. King County Labor Council has a number of legislative district liaisons and a Committee on Political Education. If you would like more information about getting involved in the political work of the labor community, contact us.
4. Win Worker-Friendly Economic Growth
The M. L. King County Labor Council is committed to organizing with community allies in support of economic development strategies that create real training opportunities and living wage jobs and growth, while establishing worker- and family-friendly standards for local industries and public development. We are also committed to developing a local strategy for investing labor's capital in ways that support the labor movement's goals.
5. Educate
The M. L. King County Labor Council is committed to sponsoring the AFL-CIO's Common Sense Economics education program for union members in King County.
We have been training union members to facilitate workshops, study groups and presentations on economics from the perspective of working families, and will continue to offer classes on a regular basis to ensure full economic education of the local labor community.
How can I get involved?
To join the M. L. King County Labor Council Education Committee, or to find out about upcoming worker education events, e-mail the Council.
Upset about the growing economic gap between the ultra-wealthy and the rest of us? If you're not, you will be after learning more about soaring CEO salaries on the AFL-CIO's Executive Paywatch web site.
6. Full Participation
The M. L. King County Labor Council is fully committed to increasing participation and diversity at all levels of our labor movement. We are committed to ensuring that all official M. L. King County Labor Council bodies - the Executive Board, committees, officers and the delegate body - reflect the face of the community in which we intend to mobilize and organize, as well as the membership of local unions. And we are committed to building a labor movement that embraces all cultures represented in its membership.
How can I get involved?
For more information on joining the M. L. King County Labor Council Diversity Committee, e-mail the Council.
Page Last Updated: May 12, 2010 (12:32:17)
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