Jobs and Economy
Years after the official end of the recent recession, America is still in a jobs crisis. Although job growth is slowly picking up steam--with steady private sector job creation--we still have a long way to go. Job losses came on top of decades of inadequate job growth, wage stagnation and growing inequality. The U.S. economy is increasingly imbalanced, with the top 1 percent holding more than 40 percent of the nation’s wealth.
The AFL-CIO is ready to work with anyone—business, government, investors—who wants to create good jobs and help restore America's middle class and challenge policies that stand in the way of giving America the chance to go back to work. The union movement is partnering with such organizations as the Clinton Global Initiative to find innovative ways to create good jobs that support workers and their families.
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The people hired today will shape our movement’s future. We will explore the importance of New Hire orientations in fostering close and on-going relationships with members.
Anti-labor organizations throughout the country are behind the Janus case, and are raising money to persuade our members to drop their Union membership. We will look at their history, practices and messaging and make a plan to inoculate our members and community against the attacks.
We know we have to talk about Janus with our members. But what do we say and how do we communicate it? We will discuss both the fundamentals of crafting a powerful message about Janus, and the variety of tools—from printed materials to emails to social media.
How do we have effective conversations and measure our effectiveness? We will drill down into the fundamentals of one-on-one and member-to-member conversations. We will discuss various ways and techniques to map your membership, and to track and analyze the data.
The anti-union judicial threat is upon us. We need to approach this with the same urgency as we do when we are organizing a non-union employer. What do many of the best member engagement models have in common?
Please join us as we stand with the members of Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW who are fighting for their first union contract with CVS.
On Thursday, the NYC CLC once again partnered with the United Federation of Teachers to hold the second annual Future in Focus: Exploring College and Careers fair yesterday to highlight the many opportunities that exist for high school students post graduation.
