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RWDSU Mid South
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union represents in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like crossing guards, sanitation, and highway workers, warehouses, building services, and distribution. If you work in one of these industries and want to join the RWDSU, you can learn more at RWDSU.org
AFGE
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union proudly representing 700,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. It’s now more important than ever for federal workers to stand up for their rights, so if you’re represented by AFGE, sign up for E-dues today at join.AFGE.org. If you’re not represented by AFGE but want to be, you can learn more at AFGE.org/join
IUPAT
Are you looking for a better future, a career that can have you set for life, and to be a part of something that’s bigger than yourself? Consider a skilled trades apprenticeship with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. You can learn more at IUPAT.org
Unionly
Unionly is a union-focused company created specifically to support organized labor. We believe that providing online payments should be simple, safe, and secure. Visit Unionly to learn more.
IAMAW Local Lodge 44
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Ironworkers Local 477
If you’re looking for contractors with lower than average EMR and TRIR, if you need to supplement a work force at any level for any amount of time, short or long term, if you need ironworkers that come trained and certified at no extra cost, if you need workers from superintendent down to general laborer, and you’re looking to start work on a project OR you’re unhappy with your current contractor situation, you need to call my friend Jeb Miles with the Ironworkers Local 477. They only work with the best in business, vetted contractors, and can do all kinds of jobs from roofing to steel and bridge erection, from welding to heavy rigging, from structural repairs to machinery alignment and much more. They supply manpower on 4 of the 5 largest projects in North Alabama, so you know they’re legit. If you need good quality, safe, efficient, diligent and knowledgeable workers on your job then you need the Ironworkers Local 477.
Call Jeb Miles at 256-383-3334
Email: local477@bellsouth.net
Visit: ironworkers477.org
Maples, Tucker, and Jacobs
The attorneys of Maples, Tucker and Jacobs are proud to represent working people in Alabama and across the southeast. We have over one hundred years of experience representing injured workers in workers compensation, personal injury and disability claims. Let our attorneys help you when you get injured on the job. You can find us www.mtandj.com or 855-617-9333. Let Maples, Tucker and Jacobs help you when you get injured on the job. No representation is made that the quality of legal services is greater than the quality of legal services from other law firms.
IFPTE
The International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees are engineers, scientists, nonprofit employees, technicians, lawyers, and many other professions who have joined together to have a greater voice in our careers. Our union is a bottom-up, member-based organization that helps professional and technical employees raise wages, benefits, working conditions, and advocate over public policies that impact our professions and communities. With over 80,000 members spread across the U.S. and Canada, we invite you and your colleagues to consider the benefits of engaging in collective bargaining. Learn more at IFPTE.org
CWA
The Communication Workers of America represents workers in private and public sector employment in 1,200 chartered CWA local unions. CWA members work in communications and information industries, the news media, the airlines, broadcast and cable television, public service, higher education and health care, manufacturing, in high tech and more. Learn more at CWA.org
NALC Alabama State Council
The National Association of Letter Carriers represents nearly 200,000 city letter carriers at the USPS across the country, and thousands in Alabama. Learn more and join if you’re a letter carrier at NALC.org
LiUNA! Local 366
The Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) represents over 500,000 members in the construction industry in the US and Canada, and Local 366 represents hundreds in North Alabama. If you’re in North Alabama and want a career in construction or nuclear plant maintenance, contact April at 256-577-7735. If you’re outside Alabama, you can learn more at LIUNA.org
LaborLab
LaborLab is the nation’s leading watchdog standing with working families to stop employer coercion and intimidation. We are committed to safeguarding the right to organize through unions, collective bargaining, and mutual aid. We empower tens of thousands of workers annually through educational outreach and hold corporations accountable for violations of workers’ rights. For resources and to learn more, visit LaborLab.us
UAW
The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy. UAW-represented workplaces range from multinational corporations, small manufacturers and state and local governments to colleges and universities, hospitals and private non-profit organizations. To organize with the UAW, visit UAW.org/join
Unite Here!
UNITE HERE! is a labor union that represents 300,000 working people across Canada and the United States. Our members work in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries. To join or learn more, visit UNITEHERE.org
Labor Notes
Labor Notes is a media and organizing project that has been the voice of union activists who want to put the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. Through our magazine, website, books, conferences, and workshops, we promote organizing, aggressive strategies to take on employers, labor-community solidarity, and unions that are run by their members. To read their reporting, learn about their events, and support their work, visit LaborNotes.org