Affiliations
The power of a union rests with its relationship with other organizations.
South Florida Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
The South Florida Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice is a network
of clergy and lay leaders representative of the faith community of
Miami-Dade County of Florida. Based on our faith traditions, the
Committee's Purpose is to educate and involve the religious community on
issues and
campaigns that improve the wages, benefits, and working conditions for
workers, especially low-wage workers.
Web site: http://www.sficwj.org
South Florida Jobs with Justice
The agenda of SF JwJ is to support the right to organize to fight for a
living wage and health care for all workers to lead voter registration,
voter education, and voter mobilization efforts to secure affirmativve
action rights for immigrant workers and to oppose all forms of
discrimination to combat privatization to uphold the rights of workers
to advocate for quality of services and products without retaliation
(whistle blowers) to educate the community about the Labor movement to
condemn and shun those who ignore the fundamental rights of working
families and to establish a new value framework which insists that
workers' rights be honored
South Florida Jobs with Justice is a part of a national Jobs with
Justice campaign for workers' rights. Working through over 50 coalitions
of labor, community, religious, and constituency organizations across
the country, Jobs with Justice is fighting for and winning workers'
rights and economic justice.
Web site: http://www.jwj.org/LocalCoal/FL.htm
South Florida AFL-CIO
We are the local voluntary federation of unions in Dade, Charlotte,
Collier, Glades, Henry, Lee, and Monroe Counties and we are working
to...
To secure legislation which will safeguard and promote the principle of
collective bargaining, the rights of workers, farmers and consumers, and
the security and welfare of all the people, and to oppose legislation
harmful to these objectives
To protect and strengthen our democratic institutions, to secure full
recognition and enjoyment of the rights and liberties to which we are
justly entitled, and to preserve and perpetuate the cherished traditions
of our democracy
To encourage the organization of all workers without discrimination on
the basis of race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin or
ancestry, disability, marital status, or political affiliation so they
may share equally in the full benefits of union organization
To preserve the independence of this Federation in political action,
while preserving the independence of the labor movement from political
control. To encourage workers to register and vote, to exercise their
full rights and responsibilities of citizenship and to perform their
rightful part in the political life of the local, state and national
communities
To influence public opinion and increase public understanding of the
labor movement and its contributions to society
To aid and assist the bona fide labor press of this state
To aid and encourage the sale and use of union-made goods and union
services through the use of union label and other symbols
To abolish the competition of convict labor with the labor of free
workers and to eliminate child labor
To promote a strong, free, public education system and to insure that
the contributions of labor are presented;
To safeguard the democratic character of the labor movement and to
protect its autonomy
To act in behalf of all labor as a coordination and service agency with
the various agencies of state government
To abide by and conform to the Constitution of the American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Web site: http://www.sfaflcio.org
State Affiliations
United Faculty of Florida (statewide)
United Faculty of Florida (UFF) is the professional association and
collective bargaining agent for faculty and professional staff at 10
public community colleges and eleven campuses of the State University
System. UFF also represents graduate assistants at FAMU, UF, and USF, as
well as the faculty at St. Leo University. UFF is affiliated with the
Florida Education Association, the National Education Association (NEA),
the American Federation of Teachers, and the AFL-CIO.
Web site: http://www.unitedfacultyofflorida.org/
Florida Education Association (FEA)
The mission of the FEA is to champion free, quality education through
enhancing and supporting those who serve the students of Florida
Advocate the right to a free, quality public education for all Engage
our constituents and members to ensure that all students learn and
succeed.
Web Site: http://www.feaweb.org
Florida AFL-CIO
The purpose of the Florida AFL-CIO is to secure legislation which will
safeguard and promote the principle of collective bargaining, the rights
of workers, farmers and consumers, and the security and welfare of all
the people, and to oppose legislation harmful to these objectives
- To protect and strengthen our democratic institutions, to secure full
recognition and enjoyment of the rights and liberties to which we are
justly entitled, and to preserve and perpetuate the cherished traditions
of our democracy;
- To encourage the organization of all workers without discrimination on
the basis of race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin or
ancestry, disability, marital status, or political affiliation so they
may share equally in the full benefits of union organization;
- To preserve the independence of this Federation in political action,
while preserving the independence of the labor movement from political
control. To encourage workers to register and vote, to exercise their
full rights and responsibilities of citizenship and to perform their
rightful part in the political life of the local, state and national
communities;
- To influence public opinion and increase public understanding of the
labor movement and its contributions to society;
- To aid and assist the bona fide labor press of this state;
- To aid and encourage the sale and use of union-made goods and union
services through the use of union label and other symbols;
- To abolish the competition of convict labor with the labor of free
workers and to eliminate child labor;
- To promote a strong, free, public education system and to insure that
the contributions of labor are presented;
- To safeguard the democratic character of the labor movement and to
protect its autonomy;
- To act in behalf of all labor as a coordination and service agency with
the various agencies of state government;
- To abide by and conform to the Constitution of the American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Web site: http://www.flaflcio.org/
National AFL-CIO
The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working
families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice
to our nation. To accomplish this mission we will build and change the
American labor movement.
We will build a broad movement of American workers by organizing workers
into unions.
We will recruit and train the next generation of organizers, mass the
resources needed to organize and create the strategies to win organizing
campaigns and union contracts. We will create a broad understanding of
the need to organize among our members, our leadership and among
unorganized workers. We will lead the labor movement in these efforts.
We will build a strong political voice for workers in our nation.
We will fight for an agenda for working families at all levels of
government. We will empower state federations. We will build a broad
progressive coalition that speaks out for social and economic justice.
We will create a political force within the labor movement that will
empower workers and speak forcefully on the public issues that affect
our lives.
We will change our unions to provide a new voice to workers in a
changing economy.
We will speak for working people in the global economy, in the
industries in which we are employed, in the firms where we work, and on
the job everyday. We will transform the role of the union from an
organization that focuses on a member's contract to one that gives
workers a say in all the decisions that affect our working lives—from
capital investments, to the quality of our products and services, to how
we organize our work.
We will change our labor movement by creating a new voice for workers in
our communities.
We will make the voices of working families heard across our nation and
in our neighborhoods. We will create vibrant community labor councils
that reach out to workers at the local level. We will strengthen the
ties of labor to our allies. We will speak out in effective and creative
ways on behalf of all working Americans.
Web site: http://www.aflcio.org
National Education Association (NEA)
The mission of the NEA is to fulfill the promise of a democratic
society, the National Education Association shall promote the cause of
quality public education and advance the profession of education; expand
the rights and further the interest of educational employees; and
advocate human, civil, and economic rights for all.
Web site: http://www.nea.org
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
The mission of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, is to
improve the lives of our members and their families, to give voice to
their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations, to
strengthen the institutions in which we work, to improve the quality of
the services we provide, to bring together all members to assist and
support one another and to promote democracy, human rights and freedom
in our union, in our nation and throughout the world.
Web site: http://www.aft.org
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