Our Mission
SOUTHEASTERN AREA LABOR FEDERATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, AFL-CIO MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Southeastern Area Labor Federation of Pennsylvania, AFL-CIO shall be to promote, through appropriate activities in the geographical area covered by the charter of the Area Labor Federation, the principles of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
The Southeastern Area Labor Federation of Pennsylvania, AFL-CIO proclaims a New Alliance to improve the lives and increase power for working families, bring fairness and dignity to the workplace and secure social equity.
- The SE PA ALF will prevail by mobilizing our members to support our cause and building a strong, diverse and democratic labor movement.
- The SE PA ALF will organize workers into unions, allied by common purposes and mutual reliance. We will recruit generations of organizers, amass resources to sustain their efforts and inspire workers to achieve dignity and security through organization and collective bargaining. The SE PA ALF will generate broad understanding among our members of the necessity of organizing among our members, our leaders and all unorganized workers.
- The SE PA ALF will give political voice to workers in our area. We will fight for public policy agenda favorable to working families at all levels of government. We will assemble a broad progressive coalition for social and economic justice. The SE PA ALF will create a political force within the labor movement that will speak forcefully and persuasively on the public issues that affect our lives.
- The SE PA ALF will establish unions as active forces in our communities. We will build Union Cities to make the voices of working families heard in our neighborhoods. We will foster vibrant local and community labor councils. The SE PA ALF will strengthen the ties of labor with our allies. We will speak out effectively and creatively on behalf of all workers in our communities.
