“Your Union, Your Voice” Membership Survey out Now
This is your union, and your voice matters. That's why we're embarking on an effort this year to hear from as many of you as possible.
This is very important to me and our entire executive board. It's especially important as we head into an election that impacts the work we do as a union: bargaining and enforcing good contracts to secure fair wages, dependable benefits, and safe working conditions.
Whether we like it or not, workplace health and safety; wage and overtime regulations; retirement security; and our right to organize and bargain collectively are all tied to local, state, and federal laws and the people making them.
We want to work together to endorse and elect the right people, and that starts with determining which candidates’ values best align with ours as a union. To do this, we need to look at their backgrounds, past voting records, and ask them directly with our candidate questionnaire.
Learn more about how we can get this done and tell us what matters to you by taking our survey -- you can find it all and more on our USW Voices website. (www.uswvoices.org)
In solidarity,
Tom Conway, USW International President
The Squeaky Wheel
We’ve all heard the old saying, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” and so we know and realize that keeping our mouths shut when changes need to be made is just asking for things to stay as they are. Sort of like when the preacher says, “Speak now, or forever hold your peace” before a wedding. What he really means is, “if you don’t object now, then you have no complaints in the future so you can just forget trying to do anything about what’s bothering you.” So...let our USW leadership know what’s on your mind and what’s important to you by taking the survey above. Also, by attending a town hall meeting. To find a location in your area, go to www.uswvoices.org and click on “FIND A TOWNHALL” near the bottom of the webpage. Or, contact your District office to find out more... Charlie Averill, Emeritus member
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