Resources

  • AFL-CIO - The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 55 national and international labor unions. The AFL-CIO was created in 1955 by the merger of the AFL and the CIO.

    The AFL-CIO union movement represents 12.2 million members, including 3.2 million members in Working America, its community affiliate. We are teachers and miners, firefighters and farm workers, bakers and engineers, pilots and public employees, doctors and nurses, painters and plumbers—and more.

    In 2009, delegates to the 26th AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention elected Richard Trumka as president and Liz Shuler as secretary-treasurer. Arlene Holt Baker was re-elected as executive vice president.

    AFL-CIO-HIT - The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Housing Investment Trust ("HIT" or the "Trust") is an open-end, commingled investment company, commonly called a mutual fund. Its portfolio is internally managed and consists primarily of high credit quality fixed-income securities. The HIT is also one of the earliest and most successful practitioners of socially responsible, economically targeted investing, with a record that demonstrates the added value derived from union-friendly investments.

    American Council on Education Home Page - Lists Institutes of higher education who recognize our Apprenticeship program towards degree credits.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

    Coalition of Labor Union Women The new online frontline for working women. Following months of discussion and planning, more than 1,200 union women from across the U.S. convened in Chicago, IL on March 23-24, 1974, to form an organization to address the critical needs of millions of unorganized working women and make unions more responsive to the needs of all working women. The organization they created is CLUW, whose primary purpose is to serve as an entity where working women could share common problems and concerns and develop action programs within the framework of unions to deal effectively with these objectives.

    ERTS - Electronic Reciprocal Transfer System. This new system has been designed to primarily assist plan participants (most of whom are IBEW members), in requesting the transfer of pension and health & welfare money (contributions) back to their home funds no matter where they may be working

    EWorkers  Broadband, Wireless, Telecommunications Workers organizing for the future

    IBEW-NECA equity index fund -The IBEW-NECA collective investment fund is available to certain tax qualified pension benefit trust funds that, along with other participants, cover: (i) IBEW represented employees; (ii) employees of the IBEW or of NECA; (iii) employees of entities related to the IBEW or NECA ("Pension Trusts").

    The objective of the fund is to provide investment returns similar to those of the S&P 500 Composite index, which contains the shares of 500 of the largest companies traded.

    LINECO - Line Construction Benefit Fund.

    NACTEL  National Coalition for Telecommunications Education and Learning. NACTEL is the premier source of online education to address critical employment needs in the evolving telecommunications industry.

    NACTEL is a unique partnership of industry employers and unions working with quality educators to create and sponsor online education programs that meet the needs of current and future telecommunications professionals.

    All NACTEL programs are developed by the industry, for the industry

    NEBF - National Electrical Benefit Fund. Throughout the entire history of the National Electrical Benefit Fund, both electrical workers and contractors have dared to dream of a pension plan that would help bring security, dignity, and peace-of-mind to all plan participants.

    NECA - National Electrical Contractors Association. NECA is the voice of the electrical construction industry

    NECA has provided over a century of service to the $130 billion electrical construction industry that brings power, light, and communication technology to buildings and communities across the United States. NECA’s national and 119 local chapters advance the industry through advocacy, education, research, and standards development.

    NJATC National Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee. The finest electrical workers in the country receive their training through the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).

    It's a model education partnership which produces the best-trained, most up-to-date electrical apprentices and journeymen in the country. All of the $100 million annually spent is privately funded.

    NLMCC  National Labor-Management Cooperation Committee.

    The NLMCC is a unique entity working to ensure our industry partners—NECA electrical contractors and IBEW tradesman—have the capability to reach and serve their customers in the most effective way possible. We assist them by:

        providing national advertising and editorial exposure,

        making public relations resources available at the local level,

        offering conferences and workshops related to labor-management cooperation,

        conveying information about the latest proven technologies and techniques to member organizations,

        supporting efforts to recruit and train outstanding apprentices and journeymen in order to provide a skilled and reliable  workforce,

        and more.

    Solidarity Center To tackle the enormous challenges workers face in the global economy, the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) - the national federation that represents millions of working women and men in the United States - launched the American Center for International Labor Solidarity in 1997.

    The Solidarity Center is a non-profit organization that assists workers around the world who are struggling to build democratic and independent trade unions. We work with unions and community groups worldwide to achieve equitable, sustainable, democratic development and to help men and women everywhere stand up for their rights and improve their living and working standards.

    Pennsylvania East Credit Union

    Where are we?

    In Pennsylvania's northeast section in Scranton and Clarks Summit serving more than 13,000 members.

    Why Bank with a Credit Union?

    Because, unlike a bank, our members are our owners. So we work for you! Our profit is returned to you through great rates and lower fees. Our dividend payments on deposits are competitive and our loan rates are lower.

    Are we a solid, steady institution with a great track record? 

    Yes! We've been safeguarding family assets since 1938, when we were first chartered. We now have over $100 million in assets. Funds deposited with us are insured up to $250,000 by the National Credit Union Administration, an agency of the federal government.