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LCSA: 200 bags of toys

ILWU Local 8 took top honors this time for gathering the most toys in LCSA's annual Presents From Partners holiday gift drive.
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Unions launch 2023 toy drive

Labor’s Community Service Agency has launched its 2023 toy drive competition, and this year it’s expanding the number of contestants.
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Presents from Partners: Union family and allies step up in support

Through collective action, LCSA was able to serve almost 200 families and 500 children during this year's Presents from Partners event.
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Sending aid to union families in hardship

This year, the annual Presents from Partners project hosted by LCSA helped about 180 union families, including about 500 kids.
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Presents from Partners

The annual charity drive is a way to make holidays a little brighter for union families that find themselves in hardship.
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Presents from Partners set for Dec. 17

Labor’s Community Service Agency will hold the annual event in which the union community donates holiday gifts to families in need.
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New leader at LCSA

Labor’s Community Service Agency executive director Eryn Byram is leaving for a job leading the Metropolitan Alliance for Workforce Equity.
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LCSA helps homeless union members get back into housing

Labor’s Community Service Agency, a nonprofit connected to United Way and local labor groups, is helping union members get back into housing.
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Another season when local unions came together to help families in need 

On a chilly Saturday, over 50 unions joined together to deliver food, gifts and toys to the doorsteps of over 500 children.
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LCSA raising funds for annual Presents from Partners event

LCSA reports many union families are still struggling due to the impact of the pandemic and are in need of assistance. 
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Union apprenticeship programs to compete in toy drive for union families in hardship

Labor’s Community Services Agency’s (LCSA) Presents from Partners holiday event takes place in mid-December. 
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Labor’s Community Service Agency hires new staffer, launches spring fundraiser

Labor’s Community Service Agency, serving union families statewide, has launched a COVID Safety-Net Spring Fundraiser through May 31.
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THE YEAR OF COVID

March 11 will mark a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. The pandemic hit the local union movement highly unevenly.
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Labor’s Community Service Agency steps up big time in 2020

When a pandemic and wildfires hit Oregon and Southwest Washington, LCSA distributed over $325,000 to 1,800 working class families.
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A Coronavirus Kind of Christmas

Overcoming coronavirus restrictions, 50 unions participated in LCSA's Presents from Partners, delivering $20,000 in food and gift cards.
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Presents From Partners will host two parties this year

The Portland event, organized by Labor's Community Service Agency, is expanding to Southern Oregon to help families devastated by wildfires.
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Wildfire crisis response

Oregon labor organizations have been working to connect members to resources.
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Subsidized child care helps parents enter building trades

For parents who want in to the building trades, finding childcare has been a hurdle. Now a Labor’s Community Service Agency program is making a difference.
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No childcare means parents can’t work. What can be done?

As over a third of family child care providers have closed the last seven years, there's demand for a childcare system that serves working class families.
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Oregon unions distribute food to workers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

Nearly two dozen local labor groups are taking part in efforts to collect and distribute food to workers impacted by layoffs.
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