The Hawkeye Area Labor Council is a coalition of unions. It is the official organization of the national AFL-CIO in Iowa. The Hawkeye Area Labor Council represents 26 counties. The goals of the Hawkeye Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO are social and economic justice. Achievement of strength of our affiliates by combining the talent, energy, activism and sense of justice of all of our affiliates, the Hawkeye Area Labor Council seeks to promote legislation that will enable the government to be responsive to the needs of working people and their families.
The Hawkeye Area Labor Council is a coalition of unions. It is the official organization of the national AFL-CIO in East Central Iowa.
The Hawkeye Area Labor Council represents 26 counties including Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Delaware, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hancock, Hardin, Howard, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Marshall, Mitchell, Tama, Washington, Winnebago, Worth and Wright. Our affiliates represent all of these counties.
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AFGE 2547
AFSCME 12
AFSCME 183
AFSCME 231
AFSCME 620
AFSCME 679
AFSCME 861
AFSCME 1068
AFSCME 1195
AFSCME 1367
AFSCME 1722
AFSCME 1835
AFSCME 2659
AFSCME 2749
AFSCME 2984
AFSCME 2985
AFSCME 2987
AFSCME 2988
AFSCME 2994
AFSCME 2998
AFSCME 3002
AFSCME 3004
AFSCME 3009
AFSCME 3012
AFSCME 3289
AFSCME 3489
AFSCME 3576
AFSCME 3746
American Fed of Musicians 137
American Fed of Teachers 716
APWU 166
APWU 451
ARA
ATU 638
ATU 1192
BCTGM 10G
BCTGM 100G
CREA
CWA 7101
CWA 7108
CWA 7250
GMP 459
Heat & Frost Insulators 81
IAFF 11
IAMAW 112
IAMAW 831
IAMAW 1526
IAMAW 1728
IATSE 191
IATSE 690
IBB D-106
IBEW 204
IBEW 288
IBEW 405
IBEW 499
IBEW 1362
IBEW 1634
IBT 238
IRON 89
IUEC 33
IUPAT 246
IUPAT 447
IUPAT 581
IUPAT 2003
LIUNA 43
Millwrights 2158
NALC 373
NALC 471
NALC 512
OPEIU 277
Pipefitters 125
Roofers 182
SEIU 199
SMART 263
UAW 838
UAW 893
UAW 1024
UBC 308
UBC 1260
United Faculty
USW 11-00436
USW 11-604
Workers United 497
The Hawkeye Area Labor Council AFL-CIO is a coalition of unions. It is the official organization of the national AFL-CIO in Iowa. The Hawkeye Area Labor Council represents 26 counties. The goals of the Hawkeye Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO are social and economic justice. Achievement of strength of our affiliates by combining the talent, energy, activism and sense of justice of all of our affiliates, the Hawkeye Area Labor Council seeks to promote legislation that will enable the government to be responsive to the needs of working people and their families.
The Hawkeye Area Labor Council seeks to:
•Secure legislation which will protect and promote collective bargaining and all other rights of workers.
•Help workers and local unions to secure improved wages and working conditions.
•Encourage all unorganized workers to join unions.
•Promote the use of union-made goods and services.
•Conduct a sound and responsible public relations program.
•Encourage workers to register and vote in all elections.
•Unify and coordinate the efforts of AFL-CIO unions.
A Powerful Voice in the Community
The Hawkeye Area labor Council is the voice of its membership at City Councils, Board of Supervisors and School Boards to ensure their actions benefit working families.
We are concerned with issues that affect unions, especially the right to organize and bargain collectively. We address the day to day issues that concern workers, including fair taxes, Workers’ Compensation, health care, unemployment compensation, education, consumer protection, social welfare and the environment.
A Powerful Force for Political Action
The Hawkeye Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO works to educate members politically, endorse candidates for local offices, and make recommendations for endorsement of state candidates. We also encourage workers to register, vote and exercise their full rights and responsibilities as citizens.
We conduct a comprehensive program to register all AFL-CIO members in our jurisdiction; provide information on the issues and positions of the candidates; and encourage them to vote in all elections. Voting records compiled by the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and questionnaires on issues important to workers are used to make recommendation of endorsements for candidates. Delegates of affiliates throughout the state meet at biennial COPE Conventions, held in election years, to consider these endorsements. The resulting recommendations to support candidates who support labor issues are communicated to all of our membership.
