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Below is an alphabetical listing of some of the many
organizations that Local 881 is associated with. Click on the organization to be re-directed to their individual web-site. |
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| ACORN: www.acorn.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the nation's largest community organization of low and moderate-income families, with over 150,000 member families organized into 750 neighborhood chapters in about 60 cities across the country. |
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| ALIANZA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: www.alianza.ws | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MISSION: The mission of Alianza is to build the capacity of Latino leaders, organizers, and associations to foment community and social change. VISION: Alianza envisions powerful, self-determined Latino communities developing human capital to create a better society. |
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| CENTRO COMUNITARIO JUAN DIEGO: www.ccjuandiego.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded by eight Latina women who had the courage to start an organization to help their community despite their own hardships.Centro Comunitario Juan Diego has been making a difference in South Chicago for over 10 years. As a grassroots community-based organization we provide programs focused on healthcare issues, community organizing, social services and education. Through our efforts we hope to foster confident leaders for today and tomorrow. |
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| Change to Win Coalition: www.changetowin.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "May the history books record that on the 27th day of September in St. Louis, delegates gathered and chose to change not just their unions, but their country," said Anna Burger, Chair of Change to Win. "Today we come together, having traveled here on separate roads with our separate proud histories, and our own union's colors, but we are all going in the same direction now. We are on the way to rekindle the American dream." | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO: www.cflonline.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) is the central labor body for over 300 Chicago area unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The membership of these unions exceeds 500,000. |
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| Illinois AFL-CIO: www.ilafl-cio.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Illinois AFL-CIO represents one million union members and is the voice of all working families in the state. Our power lies with the many and diverse people we represent in a multitude of workplaces and in our ability to affect change. The State Federation helps improve the lives of working men and women by |
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| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: www.icirr.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ICIRR is dedicated to promote the rights of immigrants and refugees to full and equal participation in the civic, cultural, social, and political life of our diverse society. In partnership with our member organizations, the Coalition educates and organizes immigrant and refugee communities to assert their rights; promotes citizenship and civic participation; monitors, analyzes, and advocates on immigrant-related issues; and, informs the general public about the contributions of immigrants and refugees. |
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| International Labor Communications Association: www.ilcaonline.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Who is the ILCA? The ILCA is a professional support organization for labor communicators. We work to strengthen and expand labor print publications, websites, and radio, television, and film productions by providing resources, expertise, and networking opportunities for labor communicators. The ILCA works to encourage democratic labor media that engages workers in an ongoing conversation. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jobs With Justice: www.jwj.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| JwJ's mission is to improve working people's standard of living, fight for job security, and protect workers' right to organize. JwJ's core belief is that in order to be successful, workers' rights struggles have to be part of a larger campaign for economic and social justice. To that end, JwJ has created a network of local coalitions that connect labor, faith-based, community, and student organizations to work together on workplace and community social justice campaigns. |
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| Labour Start: www.laborstart.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LabourStart is an online news service maintained by a global network of volunteers which aims to serve the international trade union movement by collecting and disseminating information -- and by assisting unions in campaigning and other ways. |
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| UFCW International: www.ufcw.org | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The UFCW is about workers helping workers achieve better wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. Despite the challenges of soaring health care premiums, costly prescription medications, retirement insecurity, and economic instability, the UFCW is a powerful voice for working men and women, leading efforts to protect and improve the livelihoods of all workers. We are North America's Neighborhood Union1.4 million members standing |
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| Wal-Mart Versus Women: www.walmartvswomen.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Working to promote fair treatment of women in the Wal-Mart workplace. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Up Wal-Mart: www.wakeupwalmart.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the world with over $10 billion in profits. Yet, Wal-Mart lowers our wages, ships our jobs overseas, and shifts their health care costs onto American taxpayers. We believe it's time for Wal-Mart to Wake Up." | |||||||||||||||||||||