2. The union member has a responsibility to their community.  They must cooperate with their fellow citizens in making their community a good place in which to work and raise children.  They must be concerned about the availability of adequate health, welfare and recreational services for the whole community.

3. Unions have a responsibility for the health and welfare of their members and their families, which extends beyond the place of employment.  This responsibility includes not only the emergencies caused by strikes, unemployment or disasters, but extends to helping the employed member meet their personal or family problems

4. The community has a responsibility to its citizens.

5. Generally speaking, unions have elected to support and participate in existing community social services rather than to establish direct social services of their own.  To the degree that the personnel and facilities of social agencies serve all the people, they serve men and women of organized labor.

6. Government has the basic responsibility for meeting the broad health and welfare needs of the people.

7. Voluntary or privately-sponsored social agencies and facilities occupy an important position in meeting the social welfare needs of the community.  Major responsibilities falling within the scope of the community voluntary social work are the fields of character building formation, child guidance, family counseling and youth services, as well as in the area of experimentation and pioneering research.

8. It is the responsibility of organized labor to cooperate with other community groups in improving the quantity and quality of social services, while at the same time educating union members about the available health and welfare services and how to use them.

9. Assistance in whatever form should be given on the basis of need, regardless of the cause of the need and without regard to race, color or national origin.