About the Labor 411 Foundation

The Labor 411 Foundation is the educational arm of Labor 411. The mission of the nonprofit Foundation is to advocate for the creation and protection of good jobs through consumer activism. Comprised of unions, academics, friends of labor and socially responsible businesses, the foundation promotes union employers that provide workers with living wages, affordable health care and retirement security while also producing safe, high-quality American-made goods and offering first-rate U.S.-based services. Through research, education and advocacy, the foundation seeks to reach and influence a broad range of audiences, including younger people, about the importance of consumer activism.

About Labor 411 Foundation

The Labor 411 Foundation is the educational arm of Labor 411. The mission of the nonprofit Foundation is to empower and educate Americans to protect and support good jobs through ethical consumerism. The Labor 411 Foundation supports the creation and preservation of good union jobs and the patronage of high-road employers in the United States. Comprised of unions, academics, friends of labor and socially responsible businesses, the foundation promotes union employers that provide workers with living wages, affordable health care and retirement security while also producing safe, high-quality American-made goods and offering first-rate U.S.-based services. Through research, education and advocacy, the foundation seeks to reach and influence a broad range of audiences, including younger people, about the importance of consumer activism.

Our History

In 2008, Senders Communications Group developed the first definitive guide to LA's union-made products and labor-friendly services called LA Labor 411. The one-stop print and online directory was full of preferred union vendors and was distributed free to thousands of local union offices, government agencies and progressive organizations across the greater Los Angeles area. The guide has since expanded to include directories in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., as well as online at www.labor411.org.

BuyBlue Campaign

To appeal to a new, younger group of workers, the Foundation launched a “BuyBlue” campaign in 2016 to encourage consumers to shop ethically to support a stronger economy. By patronizing ethical businesses these ethical consumers can help create good middle class jobs with every dollar they spend.

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"Economic inequality is the defining issue of our time. All Americans deserve a decent quality of life, which includes good jobs, a safe workplace, living wages and good benefits."
— Cherri Senders, Founder and
Co-Chair, Labor 411 Foundation

Honorary Board

D. Michael Langford
Int’l President Emeritus
Utility Workers

Matthew Loeb
President
Int’l Alliance of Theatrical
& Stage Employees
(IATSE)

Randi Weingarten
President
American Federation of
Teachers

Board of Directors

Officers

Cherri Senders, Chair
Publisher, Labor 411

Christopher Blass, Secretary/Treasurer
Vice President & National Director
Labor & Trust
Kaiser Permanente

Ada Briceno
Co-President
UNITE HERE Local 11

Daniel Cardozo
CEO
Ethix Ventures

Thom Davis
2nd International VP
IATSE

Dr. Peter Dreier
Director, Urban & Environmental
Policy Dept.
Occidental College

Sally Greenberg
President and Executive Director
National Consumers League

Gene Hurd
President Emeritus
UAW Local 509

Stephen J. Kaufman
Principal & Founder
Kaufman Legal Group

Harold Meyerson
Political Columnist
Editor, American Prospect

Manny Valenzuela
Activist

Kent Wong
UCLA Labor Center