Community Labor United is a coalition of community and labor groups who run joint campaigns to counteract the growing gap between rich and poor while highlighting the connections between community issues and jobs. Our Mission is to protect and promote the interests of working class people in the Greater Boston region by uniting our organizations around a common vision and plan of action. Last year, CLU organized to turn $2 million worth of contract work to repaint school buildings into union jobs and established a partnership program with the Painters and Allied Trades DC #35, YouthBuild Boston, Women in the Building Trades, Sociedad Latina and Project RIGHT to train and mentor Boston youth to repaint schools through the Our Schools, Our Futures Campaign.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Community Labor United is a coalition of community and labor groups who run joint campaigns to counteract the growing gap between rich and poor while highlighting the connections between community issues and jobs. Our Mission is to protect and promote the interests of working class people in the Greater Boston region by uniting our organizations around a common vision and plan of action. Last year, CLU organized to turn $2 million worth of contract work to repaint school buildings into union jobs and established a partnership program with the Painters and Allied Trades DC #35, YouthBuild Boston, Women in the Building Trades, Sociedad Latina and Project RIGHT to train and mentor Boston youth to repaint schools through the Our Schools, Our Futures Campaign.
