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How Union Women celebrate National Sisters Day

The first Sunday in August is National Sisters Day, and your opportunity to show your appreciation for that unique bond only sisters can understand.

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Celebrating friends in our communities on National Friendship Day

National Friendship day encourages people from across the globe to connect with friends. This is the day to make a new friend or connect with an old friend.

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Tell the postal service: honor Walter Reuther with a commemorative stamp

Sign the petition to honor Walter Reuther with a commemorative stamp

Walter Reuther can be said to have done more for more American workers than any other leader in the labor movement.

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Walter Reuther 50th Anniversary Commemorative Stamp

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Write a letter to GM telling them what you think of the plant closings

December is National Write to a Friend Month! This year, we wanted to give you the opportunity to write to our "friends" at GM, about their recent decision to close plants in Michigan, Ohio and Baltimore this holiday season. Submit your message using the form and we'll print and personally hand deliver your message to GM headquarters!

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Local 1588 and area community business join together to help a union brother
When a fellow union brother at Local 1588 at PPG Industries in Delaware, Ohio, became ill and doctors said he couldn’t leave the hospital until his house had an entrance wheelchair ramp, Local 1588 members stepped up and made it happen as a team and included the generosity of the local community. Local 1588 The post Local 1588 and area community business join together to help a union brother appeared first on UAW. — Aug 13
UAW Members helping youth across the nation
International Youth Day was first coined by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, and now the 12th day of August serves as an annual celebration of the role of young women and men as essential partners in change, and an opportunity to raise awareness of challenges and problems facing the world’s youth. It’s no The post UAW Members helping youth across the nation appeared first on UAW. — Aug 12
Appeals court rules Honeywell workers have lifetime benefits for pre-1997 retirees
ORDERS TRIAL FOR THOSE WHO RETIRED AFTERWARD Several hundred retired UAW workers from the Stratford Army Engine Plant in Stratford, CT won a major victory in a decision issued by the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling against Honeywell, Inc. The appeals court decision upheld injunctions issued by District Court Judge Vanessa The post Appeals court rules Honeywell workers have lifetime benefits for pre-1997 retirees appeared first on UAW. — Aug 8
How Union Women celebrate National Sisters Day
The first Sunday in August is National Sisters Day, and your opportunity to show your appreciation for that unique bond only sisters can understand. What better way to celebrate than joining with your fellow union sisters in the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW)? On March 24, 1974, over 3,000 determined labor union women and The post How Union Women celebrate National Sisters Day appeared first on UAW. — Aug 4
Celebrating friends in our communities on National Friendship Day
National Friendship day encourages people from across the globe to connect with friends. This is the day to make a new friend or connect with an old friend. For UAW members and their families, the community is as much of a friend as any other. And that is reflected by the connections and lives impacted The post Celebrating friends in our communities on National Friendship Day appeared first on UAW. — Aug 4

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Support Rally for VALEO Highland Park, Tuesday August 13, 2019

Lorrie Phillips on Monday, August 12 - 10:20am

Greetings:

Workers at the VALEO Highland Park plant will be voting to join the UAW on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, and Wednesday, August 14, 2019. To show our solidarity and strength, I am requesting that all UAW Region 1 local unions send volunteers to support this organizing rally and to wear red on those days.

The plant is located at:

VALEO

12240 Oakland Parkway

Highland Park, MI 48203

CTC

Tracey Dye on Wednesday, June 26 - 3:44pm

Unit Chair: Tom Shkrela

2019 Region 1 Director's Scholarship Winners

Lorrie Phillips on Monday, June 17 - 1:43pm

We are pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the UAW Region 1 Director’s Scholarship Awards. A selection committee screened the applications and selected 40 candidates for this year’s awards. Each winner was awarded $500.00.

All winners will be notified in writing. They will also receive paperwork to complete before the awards are sent to their college or university.

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