Out-of-control health care costs are forcing working families to forgo needed medical care and shredding family bank accounts, while private health insurance companies deny claims and, far too often, refuse to provide coverage. The results of the 2009 Health Care for America Survey—sponsored by the AFL-CIO and Working America—show that more than half of the 23,460 people who took the survey cannot get the health care they need at a price they can afford and one-third say they forgo basic medical care because of its high price. Read More>>

South Central Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO and the United Way of Central Iowa have a unique relationship. We’re working together, serving central Iowa, by giving to our community.

This partnership between South Central and the United Way is rich in activity and success. Every year our labor brothers and sisters are active in the many programs of the AFL-CIO community services department at the United Way. Read more.....