UAW Region 2-B

Video Contest: Four $5000 cash prizes for videos about the future you want!

Care about jobs and the future of your community? Angry about sweatshops and the exploitation of children? Resolute that looking for the union label is as important today as it was 40 years ago?

"MAKE IT IN THE USA" VIDEO CONTEST

BuildBuyUSA is launching a video contest called “Make it in the USA” to recognize creative takes on how our economy can work for all of us when we put consumers and communities first.

Union front: White Shirt Day

Celebrate the Victories of the Past, the Promise of the Future The hours are brutally long; overtime pay doesn’t exist. Workplace safety is unheard of. Limbs are lost, and yet the machines grind on, indifferent to your suffering. Do you want to keep your job and feed your family? Your boss wants his roof repaired and a gift of his favorite liquor, too

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: We are Not Staying Still!

The labor movement isn’t content to merely survive in an era when anti-union lawmakers control both chambers of Congress – we’re moving forward, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told delegates at t

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Tell the U.S. Trade Representative NAFTA must prioritize working families

NAFTA—to put it bluntly—was terrible for working families in the United States, as well as our allies to the north and south, Canada and Mexico. The terrible deal triggered job losses, closed auto factories, depressed wages and more power for corporations across all three countries.

Fill out the comment form to tell the U.S. Trade Representative why working families must be prioritized in future trade deals. We provided talking points below for you to use in crafting your own statement

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PRIDE AT WORK CONVENTION

May 2018        

Dear Local Union Presidents: 

Pride at Work will be hosting their triennial convention August 23-25, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Sheraton Grand Phoenix.  This year’s theme is Proud & Powerful.  Early bird registration is $300, and the room rate is $119 plus tax.

 Registration is available at the following website: www.prideatwork.org/2018-convention.

Please click on link below for call letter.

2018 UAW NATIONAL VETERANS CONFERENCE

May 10, 2018

To:     Presidents, Recording Secretaries and Unit Chairpersons in Region 2-B, UAW

The UAW 2018 National Veterans Conference will be held at the Walter and May Reuther UAW Family Education Center, August 19-24, 2018.

Click on the links below for call letter, registration form, and vendor display form.

LABOR COUNCIL for LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP CONVENTION

May 9, 2018

Dear Local Union Presidents:

This year's Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) National Memebership Convention will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 8-11, 2018.

To register for the conference and the hotel, go to www.lclaa.org.  Early bird registration must be received by June 25.

Please click on link for call letter.

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Across our union, thousands of UAW members participate in one or more local union standing committees. They are rewarded by a feeling of accomplishment, working with their co-workers on meaningful projects, and “being the change” they want to see for working people. But we need many more activists at the table to help.

Standing Committees

There’s a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.

–Walter Reuther, UAW Constitutional Convention 1970 

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And then check out the voter protection and education resources from My Vote My Right.

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