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T H E L O C A L 16 KEYFRAME LABOR SCHOOL LESLIE SIMMONS WHAT IS THE LA FED? The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor is the local arm of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which represents union members around the country with operations such as organizing efforts, educational campaigns, and support for legislation that benefits workers. WHEN DID IT ORIGINATE? The LA Fed was officially organized in 1889 by five unions: bakers, cigar makers, printers, tailors, and carpenters. More than a century later, it has evolved into an organization that includes 300+ affiliated union and labor organizations representing more than 800,000 members. WHY DOES IT MAT TER TO YOU? Whether The L A Fed is working with Labor Community Ser vices on a holiday food distribution, or providing strategies for an organizing effort, its scope encompasses a variety of needs. Its monthly House of Labor meetings are made up of delegates from members of all unions under The L A Fed umbrella. Informed by the Council on Political Education, delegates vote on which politicians and campaigns The L A Fed will endorse. And on a closer-to-home level, delegates can bring requests for support. For example, if TAG is going to hold a rally, it can request support from all the unions under The L A Fed. In the way that TAG members work together to create internal solidarity, and TAG supports and is supported by other IATSE locals, The L A Fed casts the net of support wider to give a single union greater leverage for its labor actions. M E E T Y O U R TAG STAFF F I E L D R E P R E S E N T A T I V E A N D P O L I T I C A L C O O R D I N A T O R T HE L O S A N G E L E S C OUN T Y FEDER ATION OF L ABOR, AFL-CIO YOU' VE SEEN THE NAME AT UNION E VENTS AROUND TOWN: THE LA FED. WHAT IS IT AND WHAT DOES IT DO? READ ON TO FIND OUT.