From teachers to firefighters to nurses to electricians, many important and rewarding professions are unionized. If you know the field of work you want to pursue, you can use our union finder to see a list of companies with union contracts in your field.

You can search available union staff jobs in the region on the Union Jobs website, or by looking on the website of any union local you wish to apply to work at by consulting our list of union affiliates.

Visit the Sacramento-Sierra’s Building & Construction Trades Council Apprenticeship Opportunities page for information on 32 programs with pathways into careers in union trades, known as Joint Apprenticeship Training Centers (JATCs).

Visit Unionize California to connect with staff at the California Federation of Labor Unions, who can help you start organizing your workplace and introduce you to skilled union organizers.

You can also consult our Tools page for useful resources and information, and sign up for upcoming workshops and classes.

Are you a union member? Ask not what your union can do for you but what you can do for your union! Your presence and participation makes your union strong.

Attend and engage actively in local union meetings and events, follow your local union news, and communicate regularly with your coworkers and fellow union members about labor issues and activities.

If you don’t know where to start, you can look up your local union’s website, social media, and contact information on our union affiliates list, or connect with the CLC at one of our upcoming events.

Sac CLC holds Labor 101 workshops for local elected officials, aspiring candidates, and other political professionals who seek to be allies to the labor movement.

The CLC also organizes pro-labor political slates for ADEMS and endorses candidates for local political races from school board to assembly. You can read more about our democratic process for endorsing labor candidates on our Union Democracy page.

Sac CLC has a formal democratic process for endorsing labor candidates, and we provide detailed information on who we consider to be labor allies and why.

We encourage our members to vote for pro-labor candidates and causes, and you can help by volunteering to phone bank and canvass to spread the message on behalf of the labor movement and inform our community about the stakes involved in political races.

Sac CLC organizes community services and convenes volunteers from our member unions to support local causes and demonstrate the power of mutual aid and solidarity by living it.

Register to volunteer for community services and lead by example. You can also sign up to our newsletter and join the Sac CLC A-Team for notices about local labor actions that need volunteer support.

They say showing up is half the battle, and it’s the simplest way to contribute to the power of the labor movement. You can sign up to our newsletter to receive weekly updates on labor news and events in the region, and join the Sac CLC A-Team to receive special alerts about local labor actions in need of rank-and-file reinforcements.

The labor movement isn’t all struggle and sacrifice. It’s also important to get together with our comrades and enjoy the gift of each others’ company. Sac CLC organizes social events and stimulating talks, reading groups, and strategy sessions, so there’s always something to engage with and enjoy. Check out our upcoming events.

Check out our Buy Union guides to see which companies are unionized and which are union-busting and must be avoided.

With reading groups, forums and talks, workshops, classes, webinars, and more, there’s a lot of events at the CLC that you can engage with to train up your skills and power up the labor movement.

Our new lending library contains hundreds of physical and digital books on labor issues—including history, economics, novels, songbooks, and children’s books—as well as useful objects to check out and use, such as megaphones and button presses. Sign up for a free library membership and get inspired by a good book.