Ways to Get Involved
Formal committees: Under the Council’s Constitution, Delegates are elected to serve on committees:
- Community Services: Supports working families through civic engagement. Develops relationships with community partners and assists with events and rallies.
- Credentials Committee: Orients new Delegates and encourages participation.
- Legislation Committee: Works with state and national bodies to monitor and propose legislation, organize lobbying efforts, and make appropriate recommendations to the Executive Committee.
- Union Label Committee: Promotes union products and services.
Other volunteer opportunities: The more you participate, the more powerful we are.
- I Hour for Power Campaign: Launched in 2010, this is the Council’s ongoing member engagement campaign. With 134,034 members, volunteers build strength.
- Campaign Leaders: Rank & file members who make specific time commitments during political campaign season to help run our phone banks and precinct walks.
- “Lost-Timers”: Rank & file or staff members released on paid work time to the Labor Council for work on specific campaigns.