WHO IS THE NEW MEXICO AFL-CIO AND WHO DO WE SERVE?

Unity: the Strength to Win

Additional strength at the bargaining table, more community support, and greater political clout - that's what building strong state AFL-CIO's can mean for your union.

Just as a local union brings together all the workers in one factory, shop or office . . . and just as the national AFL-CIO brings together 13 million American workers from every state and all walks of life . . . the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO can bring together all the unions in New Mexico.

And that can mean the strength you need to win more for your members.  At the bargaining table and the State Legislature.  To win support in your community and from the news media, and to provide better services to your members; from education programs to community services counseling and strike support.

The New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, offers these advantages because we are built on the foundation of solidarity and democracy.  We bring together unions from every sector: basic industry, the building trades, public employment, and the retail and service sector.  Every union has a voice and a vote in electing officers, setting policies, and planning programs.

Strength: When you need it most

When your union is on strike or locked in tough contract talks, you need all the help you can get.  That's what the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, can provide.  When the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, speaks for all the organized workers in New Mexico, they can exert powerful pressure on public or private employers during deadlock contract talks.  If the deadlock leads to a strike, the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, can help your union with picket-line support, boycott building, and organizing community backing.

Joining Hands for Political Clout

Political candidates eagerly compete for the support of the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, because they know the AFL-CIO has the clout that can make the difference between victory and defeat.

The New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, organizes voter registration drives and get-out-the vote campaigns that mobilize labor's membership strength at the polls.  Working with the national AFL-CIO, the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, combines state-of-the-art political technology with time-tested tactics to elect labor's friends and defeat its enemies.

Our arsenal includes high-powered media campaigns, sophisticated polling, and computerized direct mail . . . as well as old-fashioned door-to-door campaigning, job-site canvassing, phone banking, and leafleting at plant gates and entrances to office buildings.