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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.
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.
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.
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
UPAT
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.
Energy Alabama
Energy Alabama is accelerating Alabama’s transition to sustainable energy. We are a nonprofit membership-based organization that has advocated for clean energy in Alabama since 2014. Our work is based on three pillars: education, advocacy, and technical assistance.
Hometown Action
We envision inclusive, revitalized, and sustainable communities built through multiracial working class organizing and leadership development at the local and state level to create opportunities for all people to thrive.
IBEW 558
Members of IBEW have some of the best wages and benefits in North Alabama. Find out more and join their team at ibew558.
IAMAW Local Lodge4
We are the world’s most experienced rocket builders with more than 120 consecutive launches and a 100% mission success rate.
Ironworkers 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 or via email at: local477@bellsouth.net and make sure you tell them you heard about them on The Valley Labor Report.
IBEW 136
IBEW Local 136 is a group of over 900 electricians and electrical workers providing our area with the finest workforce in the construction industry. We provide our members with excellent training at no cost, livable wages with paid benefits, and a lifelong career working with people who care about you. If you are a working electrician or electrical worker, or if you’d like to pursue a career in the electrical trades, we want you to join us! IBEW Local 136 provides equal opportunity and does not discriminate due to religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status or nationality. You belong here.
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 that quality of legal services is greater than the quality of legal services from other law firms.
IFPTE
We 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.
North Alabama DSA
North Alabama DSA is looking for folks to work for a better North Alabama. They prioritize mutual aid, municipal-activism, and union solidarity. Contact them on social media or DSANorthAlabama@gmail for more info.
Huntsville IWW
The Huntsville Industrial Workers of the World is a union open to any and all working people. Call or email them today to begin organizing your workplace – wherever it is. Their phone number is 256-651-6707 and their email is organize@hsviww.