About the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory Program

Attention: Businesses, professionals, etc.: Become a Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Pro-Union Preferred Partner and connect with the Philadelphia area union community.

• About the Program
• THE PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL AFL-CIO BUY-UNION DIRECTORY PROGRAM
• Additional Program Information
• Get Certified, Become a Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Preferred Partner - Apply Now

About the Program

As of February 1, 2009, The Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO is proud to present to the Philadelphia area union community our Directory of screened, certified and authorized union and union-friendly vendors and service providers. Please patronize these loyal, quality pro-union vendors, who have committed to offer exclusive preferred services and discounts to the members and families of our union community.

The Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory Program, administered by PhillyUnions.com, is the authorized medium by which certified vendors (a.k.a. Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Preferred Partners) will be introduced and comprehensively marketed to the Philadelphia area union market.

All applicants to the program will be screened and certified by the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO and area union leaders to ensure they meet the pro-union standards set forth by the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO, thus providing unprecedented credibility and visibility within the Philadelphia area union community.

THE PHILADELPHIA COUNCIL AFL-CIO BUY-UNION DIRECTORY PROGRAM

Program Features:

All Partner Levels:


1. A listing in the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory located on the PhillyUnions.com web site
   
   All Preferred Partners will be listed in The Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory, the authorized Buy Union/Pro-Union Guide of the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO.
   
   
2. Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Preferred Partner Status Certification and Identification:
   
   In the same manner as a union bug, all approved Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Preferred Partners will receive the official Preferred Partner logo/graphic ID that you may choose to display on your stationary, on your products, and/or on your own web site with a link to the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory.
   
   The Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Preferred Partners ID logo will identify your business, organization, firm, product, etc. to the hundreds of thousands of area union members and families as a certified Pro-Union Preferred Partner.
   
   Gold and Silver Level Partners receive the above plus:
   
   
3. Discounted Reservations and Sponsorship of Annual AFL-CIO Leadership Conference and other AFL-CIO Event Privileges:
   
   Early each year, the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO holds their annual Leadership Conference in Atlantic City. This conference is by far the biggest and most attended union leadership event in the Philadelphia area. Silver and Gold Level Preferred Partners receive a significant discount on the opportunity to attend and have a presence at this extremely important event.
   
   Sponsorships, invitations and reduced entry fees to a variety of AFL-CIO events including the annual Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Christmas Party, the annual Philadelphia All Star Labor Classic and the annual Philadelphia Labor Day Parade are also available. (Call Joni Eiding-Bernard at 215-665-9800 ext. 206 for your list of upcoming Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO sponsored events.)
   
   
4. Placements in Union Member Services Newsletters and General Email Newsletters:
   
   Silver and Gold Level Preferred Partners receive placements in periodic PhillyUnions.com Union Member Services e-newsletters which are dedicated exclusively to promoting the services and discounts provided by our Preferred Partners, as well as in our general email newsletters. These e-newsletters go out to our list of over 10,000 union members and supporters, community and business leaders, local government, press and more.
   
   Gold Level Partners Only receive all the above plus:
   
   
5. Dedicated Personalized E-Blasts to the PhillyUnions.com Email List:
   
   Gold Level Partners receive the unprecedented opportunity to send out periodic dedicated promotional e-blasts to our PhillyUnions.com email list of 10,000 plus addresses, that will promote only your business. (Available to be scheduled at the request of Gold Level Partners in cooperation with your Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO representative.)
   
   

Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy Union Program Membership Levels and Annual Fees:

• BRONZE Level: Starting at $650.00 per year
• SILVER Level: Starting at $850.00 per year
• GOLD Level: Starting at $1250.00 per year

Who will utilize the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory Program Services and Events?

Labor leaders from over 100 labor unions and labor activist organizations along with close to a million Philadelphia area union members, families and labor activist organizations, etc. will be interested in taking advantage of the discounts and preferred services available from certified union/union-friendly businesses and professionals. Also, countless individuals from the vast Philadelphia area Pro-Union business and professional community will utilize the services to network and do business with one another as well as with the Philadelphia area union community.

Who can and should become a Certified Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Preferred Partner?

Pro-Union Preferred Partnership is perfect for any union and/or union-friendly person(s), business, professional or organization with a desire to interact with, advertise to and do business with the Philadelphia area union community as well as the pro-union business community.

Why become a Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Preferred Partner?

There are hundreds of thousands of union families plus countless union supporters and activists living and working in and around the city of Philadelphia, one of the strongest union regions in America. These hardworking union members and their families represent a massive, targeted, loyal, and fanatically pro-union audience. They choose and support union or union-friendly over non-union whenever possible.

Up until now, your means of exposing and promoting your union-friendly business to area unions and their members have been extremely limited. Getting in the door of even a single union and meeting union leaders is very difficult because they are consistently swamped by un-referred solicitors.

To date, it has also been equally difficult for the vast Philadelphia area union community to seek out and identify union and union-friendly businesses and professionals due to the lack of legitimate platforms including a credible screening process, properly organized trade events/socials, comprehensive Buy Union/Pro-Union guides, etc.

But all that changes now that the Philadelphia union community has selected PhillyUnions.com to administer its official vendor screening, certification and marketing program -- the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory.

Get Certified, Become a Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Preferred Partner - Apply Now

We welcome you to enhance your exposure to the Philadelphia area union community and pro-union business community by applying for membership in the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory Program. To get started, use our online application form.

After you complete the application form, your organization will be placed on Pending Status for approximately 5-7 business days while you are screened by the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO and area union leaders to confirm your union or pro-union status. If you are referred by the leadership of a Philadelphia area union or AFL-CIO Affiliate, and/or if you are a known union business operating under a union agreement in a unionized industry, your Pending Status waiting period may be reduced.

Upon your approval and acceptance into the program, we will contact you to finalize your membership requirements.

No business, firm, professional, service, organization or individual is too small or too large to benefit from the credibility and exposure the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO Buy-Union Directory Program will provide to a huge, targeted, LOYAL audience of Philadelphia area unions, their members and supporters, as well as to the Philadelphia area pro-union business and professional community.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Joni Eiding-Bernard at jbernard@philaflcio.org. We look forward to getting you started!