Three AFL-CIO community service liaisons boxed up 10,400 pounds of sweet potatoes at the Second Harvest Food Bank in San Mateo, Calif., during the United Way Bay Area's Week of Caring .
Here is a great story about unions giving back and making a big difference in their community from David Groves, editor for the Washington State Labor Council’s ( WSLC ‘s) news site The Stand . Groves reports on the Central Washington Building and Construction Trades Council’s (CWBCTC's) volunteer efforts that provided 100% of the labor to build a 14,000-square-foot warehouse for Second Harvest, a network of 250 neighborhood food banks and meal centers throughout eastern Washington and north Idaho.
The Letter Carriers ( NALC ) 20th annual food drive was another huge success. As of this week, NALC members collected more than 70.5 million pounds of food during the union's Stamp Out Hunger drive May 12 , but with the tallies still coming in, this year’s total tops last year’s 70.2 million pounds.
Two new features on our website introduce you to union members who are helping families in the Reading, Pa., community and who keep San Francisco's iconic cable cars running.
Mike Smith, AFL-CIO Community Services Liaison, Monroe County, Mich. | Community Services
The kids got to romp through Munson Park in Monroe, Mich., hunting for Easter eggs—and families in need of food aid received a helping hand, too, thanks to a partnership of unions and community groups.
You can usually find a good supply of canned and dry staples at community food pantries and banks. But fresh vegetables are sometimes hard to come by. But later this year, food banks in the Monroe, Mich., area will see a harvest of fresh produce from a just-planted community garden.
| Economy
AFL-CIO Community Services Director Will Fischer writes about the continuing need for community food banks and how this vital service for families in need faces the threat of budget cuts on the local, state and federal levels.
Over the past month, it seems that the news of a natural disaster striking a different area of the country has been a nightly occurrence. Whether a tornado or a flood, disaster announcements seem to be as much a part of the news as the wars or the economy. But what about those disasters that aren’t covered by the news and are happening around kitchen tables every night?
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