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Partners: Collaborators
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)—The Solidarity Center
- Encourages workplace education and prevention messages on both domestic and international fronts
- Promotes a healthy, productive, and empowered workforce
- Advocates for trade unions, and the working men and women they represent, to play a special role in fighting AIDS
- Works closely with UNAIDS co-sponsors such as the International Labour Organization and global trade union structures to advocate for trade unions, and the working men and women they represent, to play a special role in fighting the AIDS pandemic
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- Runs a health and safety training program, training thousands of AFSCME members and staff every year, as well as publishing fact sheets and larger publications on health and safety
- Works to ensure that members of AFSCME get a fair deal from their employers and from politicians
- Provides resources for organizing, political action, and representing members in the workplace
American Red Cross
- Helps to maintain a supportive and productive work environment for everyone and helps businesses meet the need for reliable, factual information about HIV and AIDS
- Provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies
- Functions independently of the government but works closely with government agencies, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), during times of major crises
- Gives aid to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and to disaster victims at home and abroad
CDC Global AIDS Program
- Works to increase the participation of business, labor, and government in HIV/AIDS prevention and care efforts in working populations and their communities
- Aims to reduce stigma and discrimination of HIV/AIDS and promote the human rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS in the work world
Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
- Serves as "promotores de salud," or lay health promoters, to spread the HIV/AIDS prevention message in the farmworker community
- Works to improve the living and working conditions of migrant and seasonal farmworkers throughout the United States
- Engages in litigation, administrative and legislative advocacy, training and technical assistance, and public education
- Focuses primarily on wages and working conditions, immigration policy and welfare reform issues, women's issues, occupational safety and health, and access to the justice system
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GBC)
- Combats AIDS through the business sector
- Provides leadership on the positive impact business practices can have in fighting AIDS
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
- Works to reduce the incidence of HIV infection in the United States and territories, providing comprehensive, compassionate, and quality care to all persons living with HIV/AIDS, and ensuring responsible and compassionate public policies
- Provides national leadership to achieve these goals and to educate about and advocate for the necessary Federal funding to achieve them, and to promote communication between state and local health departments and HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs
National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA)
- Advocates on behalf of all people living with HIV and AIDS to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by HIV/AIDS
- Aims to fulfill its ongoing mission to educate, inform, and empower all people living with HIV and AIDS
National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
- Aims to reduce the incidence, burden, and impact of health problems in the Hispanic community through the Institute for Hispanic Health
- Works to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans
- Takes two primary, complementary approaches to working toward its goal:
- Capacity-building assistance to support and strengthen Hispanic community-based organizations
- Applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Improves quality of life through promoting better wages, healthcare, and safer and more secure jobs for working families in communities throughout North America
- Aims to provide secure, affordable, quality healthcare for working families
Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE)
- Involves and empowers workers to take actions that will improve their lives
- Gets people involved at the workplace by finding out which issues concern the majority of workers
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