The Union Label & Service Trades Department, AFL-CIO uses publicity, advertising, educational campaigns and organizing to:

1. Increase consumer awareness of and demand for union-made products and services,
2. Promote widespread use of the Union Label, Union Store Cards and Union Service Buttons,
3. Build support for AFL-CIO endorsed boycotts, and
4. Build public understanding of the goals of the trade union movement and unionism’s importance to the economic and social health of our communities.

One of our main activities is the AFL-CIO Union-Industries Show — an annual “trade fair” featuring skills demonstrations and exhibits of union-made goods and services. Show (in operation since 1938) is open to the public, free-of-charge.

Our Officers and Staff

• President Charles E. Mercer
• Secretary-Treasurer Matthew C. Bates
• Administrative Assistants: Elizabeth Howard and Margaret Hartman
• Comptroller: Peggy King
• Intern/Researcher: Rob Raesch

Contact the Union Label & Service Trades Department