At the November 2005 PA AFL-CIO Convocation the Area Labor Federations (ALFs) were formed. It was determined that all per capita payments would be sent directly to the ALFs, and through a budget process the Central Labor Councils (CLCs) in the jurisdiction would be funded from the ALF.  You Do Not Pay Per Capita Payments to the Central Labor Councils. The NWPA ALF has since its inception had a per capita rate of $0.37 per member per month. We want to assure you that there are no plans to raise the per capita rate. Our plans are to increase revenue through growth (affiliation).

You can base your affiliation on where your members live or work. We are including a map of the CLC’s in our area for your convenience. Sometimes it is easier to get your members to participate if the meetings are closer to home and by having delegates in more CLC’s your political influence within the union movement is increased. Those delegates make recommendations for endorsements and get involved with many aspects of the council like special projects and committees. Please appoint or elect your delegates to the CLC’s and complete the Delegates Form.

It does not cost your local one cent more to affiliate with more than one Central Labor Council.  For example: [if you have 300 members and they reside or work in Erie, Mercer, and Venango Counties. If 100 of your members are in Mecer, 100 in Erie, and 100 are in Venango. You simply designate 100 members fr each of these CLCs and submit the same amount of total per capita 300 members X $0.37 for a total of $111.00 per month. The same as if you were paying on 300 to one CLC.]

If you choose to affiliate, your union may have delegates serve on any of the Central Labor Councils in our region that you designate on the per capita form when you remit your per capita payment to the Northwestern Pennsylvania Area Labor Federation at 1276 Liberty St., Franklin, Pa 16323.