[3] The NYCCLC works with government leaders and various community groups to further worker empowerment in New York City.
The New York City Central Labor Council wields considerable influence with both local NYC and national policy makers.
The NYCCLC also builds worker power through political education and action, supporting economic development in New York City, being an active partner with business and government leaders,[4] organizing workers who choose to be in a union, providing community service and job training, and conducting educational programs for its affiliate unions.
The NYCCLC is governed by a President, a Secretary-Treasurer, and Executive Council, made up of representatives from its affiliated unions.
[5] The NYCCLC is the local New York City affiliate of the national trade union center American Federation of Labor – Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO).