What We Are

The International Labor Communications Association, founded in 1955, is the professional organization of labor communicators in North America. ILCA membership is open to national, regional, and local union publications and to media productions affiliated with the AFL-CIO and the CLC, as well as to associate members not affiliated with those bodies. The ILCA's several hundred members produce publications with a total circulation in the tens of millions.

Who is the ILCA? The ILCA is a professional support organization for labor communicators. We work to strengthen and expand labor print publications, websites, and radio, television, and film productions by providing resources, expertise, and networking opportunities for labor communicators. The ILCA works to encourage democratic labor media that engages workers in an ongoing conversation.

How We Work: The ILCA is a self-supporting, autonomous, nonprofit organization governed by an Executive Council comprised of a President, Secretary-Treasurer, and 15 Vice Presidents. These officers are elected by the membership and serve two-year terms. The ILCA maintains an office and staff in Washington, D.C., and holds meetings, workshops, and conventions all over North America. The ILCA is the only advocate for the labor media in the labor movement and in the community at large. We represent labor media at conferences with national media reform groups, and independent, 'mainstream', ethnic, and community-based media. And we support issues important to the labor media within the union community.