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By-Laws | Constitution

The duties of the Constitution and By-Laws Committee are:

To work on by-law changes that membership supports. To work with the Executive Board in making sure our laws are consistent with the UAW Constitution.

C.A.P.

The Duties of the CAP Council are:

To report to the membership all national, state and local legislation issues affecting the welfare of the workers. To organize and conduct campaigns of letter writing, send delegates to community meetings and exert other forms of influence on behalf of measures of importance. To cooperate with the UAW CAP Council of the State and Local Industrial Union Councils in Labor ward organizations in registration drives, in endorsing candidates and conducting election campaigns. To see that all literature, pamphlets, placards and other political material issued by the International Union is properly and effectively distributed among the membership and others.

Chaplaincy

To promote the religious needs of the membership of all denominations.

Civil | Human Rights

The duties of the Civil and Human Rights Committee are:

They shall promote fair employment practices and endeavor to eliminate discrimination affecting the welfare of the members of the Local Union, the International Union, the Labor Movement and the Nation. In the case of discrimination within the plant, the Chairman of the Civil Rights Committee and the Bargaining Committee shall attempt to jointly meet with Management in an effort to resolve the issues. In the event such discrimination issues are not thereby resolved, the Civil Rights Committee shall report to the proper state agency.

Community Service

The duties if the Community Services Committee are:

To visit all members who are sick or in distress and report to the Executive Board and to the membership their findings and recommendations. To cooperate with the Strike Committee should a strike be in progress.

Consumer Affairs

Union Label

The duties of the Union Label Committee are:

To promote the purchase of union made goods.

Across the land, UAW members build cars, vans and trucks. But did you know that in a factory in Michigan, UAW members also build houses? Or that in a plant in New York, UAW members prepare and package sugar. Or that in Ontario, UAW members make golf clubs.

All UAW members should look over this guide to UAW consumer products before we shop. Every time we buy a UAW-made product, we help preserve the jobs of our brothers and sisters.

Let's proudly proclaim that we buy what we make because when we do, we create a better tomorrow.  Read More…

Recreation | Conservation

The duties of the Recreation and Conservation Committee are:

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It shall be the responsibility of the Recreation and Conservation Committee to secure the widest possible use of facilities and resources that can be made available to Union members and their families for recreational purposes. Ten (10) cents Per Capita is to be placed in the Recreation Fund and is to be used for that purpose and any money needed above that which has been appropriated will be raised by raffles, dances, card tournaments etc. under the direction of the Recreation and Conservation Committee. To provide an Annual Picnic and Christmas Party, if approved by the membership. To carry-on activities generally desired by the membership and their families, such as softball, basketball, bowling leagues, golf leagues, hunting and fishing clubs etc.

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