AFL-CIO Community Services & Heart of Florida United Way Partnership

A basic principle of the AFL-CIO Community Services Program is that the union member is, first and foremost, a citizen of the community who cooperates with other citizens in making the community a good place in which to live, to work, to raise children and to retire. The union member is concerned about the availability of adequate health and human-care services for the entire community.

From this basic principle, organized labor developed a working relationship with United Way of America that has lasted for more than 50 years.

Whether organizing a union blood drive, coordinating disaster relief efforts, addressing legislative issues, or attending to the need of disabled persons, the partnership between Heart of Florida United Way and local Labor is powerful and reliable.

Members of affiliated unions receive educational opportunities that help them to stimulate community involvement among co-workers and retirees of their union and labor council. Non-partisan voter education designed to increase voter registration and voter turnout is just one of the many ways Heart of Florida United Way is working with Central Florida's labor community. 

For additional information, please contact Leigh Smith, United Way Vice President of Development, at 407-835-0900 or e-mail Leigh.Smith@hfuw.org.