Leadership Development Series

The Leadership Development Series is a two-year program of workshops to ensure union members get the skills they need to organize and improve their workplace, their communities and the nation. 

Veteran organizers from national unions and the AFL-CIO lead one-day interactive workshops to teach participants such basic and advanced skills as:

1. Community organizing and advocacy fundamentals;
2. Mobilizing for action;
3. Running issues campaigns;
4. Recruiting and coordinating volunteers;
5. Lobbying for legislation;
6. Coalition building and community outreach;
7. Holding elected officials accountable; and 
8. Running political campaigns and running for office.

Workshops are held several times a year in cities across the country.  They are open to all AFL-CIO affiliate union members at no cost. 

Click here to attend one of the workshops.

For more information, please e-mail LDS@aflcio.org or call 1-866-870-1208.

Summer 2006 Workshop

“Fundamentals of Grassroots Organizing”

This workshop will teach:

1. One-on-one organizing;
2. Worksite mapping and analysis; and 
3. Generating awareness of important issues.

Locations and Dates:

Philadelphia: Saturday, June 17, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Philadelphia Council of the AFL-CIO
22 S. 22nd St., Second Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Pittsburgh: Saturday, June 24, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
USW International Union headquarters
5 Gateway Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

If you’re traveling from out of town for a workshop, click here for a list of union hotels nationwide.

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Sponsored by: AFGE, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, Amalgamated Transit Union, Boilermakers, Laborers, Transport Workers, USW International Union