UAW Region 4
Includes the north-central states of Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montana.
Director: Dennis Williams
Headquarters:
680 Barclay Blvd.
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
TEL: (847) 459-3888
FAX: (847) 459-5680
Region 4 Agricultural Implement Office:
1530 - 46th Avenue, Suite E
Moline, IL 61265
TEL: (309) 764-3290
FAX: (309) 764-3846
Sub Regional Offices:
1530 - 46th Avenue, Suite F
Moline, IL 61265
TEL: (309) 764-3584
FAX: (309) 764-3846
112 N. Second Street
Rockford, IL 61107
TEL: (815) 962-0601
FAX: (815) 962-3353
3000 S.E. Grimes Blvd., Ste. 800
Grimes, IA 50111-5041
TEL: (515) 986-4950
FAX: (515) 986-9243
2125-A South Memorial Place
Sheboygan, WI 53081-3714
TEL: (920) 458-1351
FAX: (920) 458-6246
Region 4 Local Unions on the Web
Local
9
This local union
represents brewery workers in Wisconsin and includes information on the struggle
with Pabst.
Local
438
This local represents 830 members
who make engine control modules at Delphi Delco Electronics Systems. The Oak Creek,
Wis., local also includes 700 retirees.
Local
578
Located in Oshkosh, Wisc., Local 578 represents more than 2,000 UAW members who produce quality trucks, truck bodies and access equipment for Oshkosh truck Corporation.
Local
879
Local 879 members
at Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant produce the Ranger pick-up truck. The web
site was designed to provide information to members and share their interests
with the public.
Local
974
Based in Peoria, Ill., Local 974 represents 13,700 members who make Caterpillar
tractors and diesel engines.
Local
1102
The 550 active members of this amalgamated local in Green Bay, Wis.,
build converting and printing machinery for the paper industry. In existence since
1950, the local also includes 120 retirees.
Local 1766
Located in Centralia Ill., Local 1766 represents over 1,000
UAW members who produce quality exterior body panels for Ford Motor
Company and other manufacturers.
Local
2488
This is the
Local in Bloomington, Ill., that represents people working for Mitsubishi Motors
Manufacturing of America, as well as those at Premier Manufacturing Support Services,
and GATX Logistics.
Local 3206
Located in Granite City, Ill., the 400-plus members of Local 3206 make
engine cradles at Tower Automotive, a supplier to Ford Motor Company.
UAW Region 4 Veterans
Built by and for UAW veterans in Wisconsin and throughout the Midwest,
this site keeps all visitors abreast of veterans' issues and events
in UAW Region 4 and nationally. Numerous links to other veteran's sites
are also provided.
Dennis
Williams was elected director of UAW Region 4 at a special
convention in 2001. He was re-elected in June 2002 and again in June 2006 at the
union's Constitutional Conventions in Las Vegas.
Region 4 includes Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Williams helped 2,800 UAW Local 2488 members at Mitsubishi in Normal, Ill., win a five-year contract in 2001 that improved wages and benefits, maintaining parity with UAW DaimlerChrysler. (The plant was originally a Mitsubishi-Chrysler joint venture.)
Williams served as assistant director of Region 4 from 1995 until his election as director. He joined UAW Local 806, which represented UAW members at Case Corp. in 1977, and chaired the bargaining committee. He was appointed an international representative in 1988 and assigned to organizing. Williams played a key role in organizing Mitsubishi Local 2488, MBL USA Local 2323, and East Moline Metal Products, Local 1948.
From 1992 to 1995, Williams serviced IPS, TOP and other national agreements. Williams is currently a member of UAW Local 807 in East Moline, Ill. Prior to joining the UAW, Williams served four years in the U.S. Marines.
Williams and his wife, Donna, have two sons and live in Gurnee, Ill.