Welcome to LEARN WorkFamily – a unique online education and resource network for labor unions on organizing and bargaining for contract provisions that help build a family friendly workplace culture. Developed by the Labor Project for Working Families, LEARN WorkFamily offers a valuable opportunity to exchange information, ideas, strategies and experiences on organizing and bargaining for work family benefits.

Here are some of the things you can do on the LEARN WorkFamily website:

• Use the database to find negotiated work family contract provisions on a wide variety of topics.
• Get tips on bargaining for work family benefits and learn techniques to build a progressive and successful work family agenda.
• Download resources and share stories about your bargaining wins.

Unions have a long and proud history of providing a safety net for workers facing health and family issues. In these tough economic times when our working families are making impossible choices between family caregiving and job security, it is more important than ever that unions lead the way to create family friendly workplaces. LEARN WorkFamily is an essential resource for unions in these times.

We hope you will take advantage of this resource and invite others to join LEARN WorkFamily.

In solidarity,

Gordon Pavy
Director, Collective Bargaining, AFL-CIO
LEARN WorkFamily Advisory Committee Member