Hi @ZSinger,
You’re correct, at this point it’s not possible to display association labels on the contact index page (Menu > Contacts > Contacts). You could indeed request this from product team here: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/idb-p/HubSpot_Ideas
There is already a related request here which you could upvote: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Filter-by-Association-Label/idi-p/606067
Until then, there are two workarounds. With a Professional subscription, you can create custom table reports, mimicking the contact index page. When you create a custom report, in the top left corner, you can specify associations and pre-filter your report:
Alternatively, using company-based workflows, you could populate a contact property from an association label by setting a contact property value. It’s a bit redundant but would work.
Let me know if you need assistance with these approaches.
Hope this helps!