PUBLICATIONS FOR ALL MEMBERS
The UAW Education Department has written many publications for our rank-and-file members to learn more about our great union, how to become a labor activist, and are intended to be a foundation piece for their labor educational journey. You may view and download any of the publications below. Contact your local union leadership to order a paper copy through LUIS.
UAW Basics
(UAW Publication #515)
This is our publication that provides some general information about the UAW, our history, structure, values, and diversity. This publication has been translated and is available in Burmese (UAW Publication #515 BUR).
UAW Basics (Burmese)
(UAW Publication #515BUR)
This is our publication that provides some general information about the UAW, our history, structure, values, and diversity. This publication has been translated and is available in Burmese (UAW Publication #515 BUR).
How to Engage in Your Union Meetings
(UAW Publication #602)
This is a great publication for those who have recently joined our union, or who are new to being an activist. It covers basic procedural rules of member engagement during union meetings, including our UAW Constitution’s requirements and overview of Robert’s Rules of Order and parliamentary procedures.
Parliamentary Law Desk Chart
(UAW Publication #1210)
Our union meetings are conducted using Robert’s Rules of Order, as required by the UAW Constitution. This is a convenient quick reference tool for the primary rules and motions that may be used in our meetings.
UAW Constitution
(UAW Publication #1210)
The UAW Constitution is the supreme law of our union. It provides the foundation for the day-to-day operations of our union, and it sets forth the rights, guarantees, and responsibilities of our members. An electronic copy of our constitution is available at www.uaw.org/uaw-constitution
Weingarten Rights Card
(UAW Publication #545DC)
This pocket-sized card is a powerful tool to have on hand whenever management is questioning you and you believe the answers to your questions may lead to discipline or affect your working conditions. This card is available in Arabic (UAW Publication #545DCA), Spanish (UAW Publication #545DC+), and as laminated badge (UAW Publication #545B) or badge with pulley (UAW Publication #545BP).
Weingarten Rights Card (Burmese)
(UAW Publication #545DCB)
This pocket-sized card is a powerful tool to have on hand whenever management is questioning you and you believe the answers to your questions may lead to discipline or affect your working conditions. This card is available in Arabic (UAW Publication #545DCA), Spanish (UAW Publication #545DC+), and as laminated badge (UAW Publication #545B) or badge with pulley (UAW Publication #545BP).
Emergency Card
(UAW Publication ED-EPC)
This wallet sized card is a useful tool for members to complete and carry with them. It lists invaluable information others will need in the event of an emergency.
First UAW-GM Agreement
(UAW Publication #400)
This one-page agreement represents the efforts of the members and the success of their sit-down strikes. Many rounds of bargaining have taken place since this first agreement which built and grew it into what it is today. It never would have been possible without getting the company to first recognize our union in this contract and agree to negotiate.
UAW Family Education Center Member’s Guide
(UAW Publication #1015)
This member’s guide is great resource to review the history and explore the features of our Walter and May Reuther UAW Family Education Center.
Your Union Dues at Work
(UAW Publication #356B)
This flier simplifies and explains how our union dues dollars are used to strengthen our union. Also available in Spanish (UAW Publication #356+) and Burmese (UAW Publication #356-BUR).
Your Union Dues at Work (Español)
(UAW Publication #356B+)
This flier simplifies and explains how our union dues dollars are used to strengthen our union. Also available in Spanish (UAW Publication #356+) and Burmese (UAW Publication #356-BUR).
Your Union Dues at Work (Burmese)
(UAW Publication #356B-BUR)
This flier simplifies and explains how our union dues dollars are used to strengthen our union. Also available in Spanish (UAW Publication #356+) and Burmese (UAW Publication #356-BUR).
PUBLICATIONS FOR STANDING COMMITTEES
The UAW Education Department has written many publications for members of our Standing Committees to learn more about the building blocks of a strong union, how to run effective standing committees, and are intended to be a foundation piece for their labor educational journey. You may view and download any of the publications below that have a link. Contact your local union leadership to order a paper copy through LUIS for those without a link.
Standing Committees: The Building Blocks of a Strong Union
(UAW Publication #501)
This publication details information on each of the mandated standing committees and their functions within our union. Also included is information to help you become the change you would like to see in your local union.
Running Effective Standing Committees
(UAW Publication #505)
This publication provides our local Education Committees information on the history and purpose of their committee. It also describes the work of the committee, teaches you how to be successful, strategically plan, and provides some resources that are available to you.
Standing Committee Volunteer: Get More Involved
(UAW Publication #545E)
These cards are useful when soliciting your committees and recruiting members to join. This card is also available in Spanish (UAW Publication #545E+).
Running an Effective Education Committee
(UAW Publication #506)
This publication provides our local Education Committees information on the history and purpose of their committee. It also describes the work of the committee, teaches you how to be successful, strategically plan, and provides some resources that are available to you.
Weingarten Rights Trifold
(UAW Publication #545D
This tri-fold pamphlet is a great handout for local union Education Committees that teaches our members about their Weingarten Rights. Also available in Burmese (UAW Publication #545DCB).
Weingarten Rights Trifold (Burmese)
(UAW Publication #545DCB)
This tri-fold pamphlet is a great handout for local union Education Committees that teaches our members about their Weingarten Rights. Also available in Burmese (UAW Publication #545DCB).
Red Shirt Wednesday Flier
This flier explains the reason why we wear red shirts on Wednesdays. It is a great way for your local to promote and involve members in displaying solidarity.
Welcome to the UAW - Trifold
(UAW Publication #603)
This trifold pamphlet is a great handout for local union Education Committees that explains some basic information about our great union. Also available in Burmese (UAW Publication#603BUR) and Spanish (UAW Publication #603+).
Welcome to the UAW - Trifold (Burmese)
(UAW Publication #603BUR)
This trifold pamphlet is a great handout for local union Education Committees that explains some basic information about our great union. Also available in Burmese (UAW Publication#603BUR) and Spanish (UAW Publication #603+).
Running an Effective Union Label Committee
(UAW Publication #461)
Just having a union label committee in name only is not enough. It must be an active and effective committee. This guide will help your committee learn the history of Union Label Committees, how to be successful, and how to plan activities for your committee.
Union Label Trifold
(UAW Publication #545G)
This handout is great for advertising your committee and informing members on what a Union Label Committee is all about. This handout is also available in Spanish (UAW Publication #545G+).
Running an Effective Community Services Committee
(UAW Publication #600)
It is said that a community’s quality can be measured by how well it cares for those in need. This guide informs you on the history and purpose of the Community Services Committee, its role during layoffs, closing and strikes, how to hold an effective meeting, tips to grow your committee, and best practices.
Strike Assistance: A Guide for Community Services Committees
(UAW Publication #600)
This publication dives deeper into the critical role of the Community Services Committees before and during a strike. This guide will help your committee in developing a plan, establishing a peer-to-peer support network, helping members manage their finances, to building relationships with community partners. Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
Voices for All: AFL-CIO Constituency Groups Trifold
(UAW Publication #608)
This trifold handout identifies numerous labor organizations that the UAW and AFL-CIO work with to empower working families and strengthen labor and community alliances.
Guide for Drafting Local Union Bylaws
(UAW Publication #354)
This publication is meant to assist members of their local union’s Bylaws Committee in developing, drafting, and amending the local union’s bylaws. In this guide, you will find a description and purpose for each article in your bylaws, as well as suggested language you can use as a starting point for your bylaws. You will also know the process and procedures you must follow when drafting and amending your bylaws, per the UAW Constitution.
Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
PUBLICATIONS FOR LOCAL UNION LEADERSHIP
The UAW Education Department has written many publications for Local Union Leadership to learn more about how to build your local union, inform new members, learn the roles of each officer, grievance handling, and are intended to be a foundation piece for their labor educational journey. Contact your local union leadership to order a paper copy through LUIS for those without a link.
Building Your Local Union: A Handbook for Local Union Officers
(UAW Publication #516)
This handbook addresses the roles of the local union officers, as based on the UAW Constitution and International Union policies and procedures. It also provides leaders with an overview of our union’s structure, how to properly conduct union meetings, and basics for each elected officer’s duties. Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
Amalgamated Local Unions
(UAW Publication #519)
This guide is to help describe some of the uniqueness of the roles, bylaws, and duties of an amalgamated local union, as based on the UAW Constitution and International Union policies and procedures. Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
New Member Kit
(UAW Publication #519)
The UAW’s New Member Kit contains multiple publications and materials designed specifically for new members. This welcome kit gives an overview of our union’s history and structure, instructions on how to engage in union meetings, information on our rights as a union member, the importance of our political action program (CAP), as well as opportunities to become an activist in our union through standing committees. We encourage local unions to include copies of their collective bargaining agreements, local union contact information, and other items that would be valuable to a new member.
Our New Member Kit includes the following publications:
- 356B – UAW Dues: It Pays to Belong
- 501 – Building the Power of Our Union through Standing Committees
- 515 – UAW Basics
- 545D – Your Union Representation Weingarten Rights
- 545DC – Weingarten Rights Card
- 602 – How to Engage in your Local Union Meetings
- 603 – Welcome to the UAW
- 1244 – UAW Constitution
- C2015 – UAW National CAP V-CAP
- CAP13 – UAW National CAP Working for a Just Democracy
- SMW – Solidarity Magazine New Member Issue
Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
Leadership Kit
(UAW Publication #606LK)
The UAW’s Leadership Kit is designed to inform and empower newly elected and appointed local union leaders. This kit contains publications and materials to acquaint leaders with the roles and responsibilities of their position. It provides strategies for them to connect to the membership, build the power of your local union through standing committees, plan and run effective meetings, and negotiate and enforce your collective bargaining agreement.
Our Leadership Kit includes the following publications:
- 123 – Grievance Handlers Pocket Guide
- 188 – The President’s Job & the Vice President’s Job
- 354 – Guide for Drafting Local Union Bylaws
- 397 – Recording Secretary – A Guide to Help You Fulfill Your Responsibilities and Duties
- 501 – Building the Power of Our Union through Standing Committees
- 505 – Standing Committees – An Activist Handbook
- 508 – Building the Power of Our Union through Collective Bargaining
- 512 – Planning and Running an Effective Union Meeting
- 516 – Building Your Local Union – A Handbook for Local Union Elected Officers
- 518 – Member to Member 2.0 – A Guide for Building a Membership Communication Program
- 525 – Grievance Handling – A Handler’s Guidebook for Success
- 545E – Standing Committee Volunteer – Single Panel Brochures
- 1210 – Parliamentary Law Desk Chart
- 34906 – Guide for Local Union Election Committees
- A-100 – Basic Procedural Instructions for Financial Officers
- A-101 – Basic Procedural Instructions for Trustee’s.
Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
The President & Vice-President Roles
(UAW Publication #188)
This guide details the duties of the local union president and vice president as required by the UAW Constitution. Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
The Recording Secretary’s Role
(UAW Publication #397)
This guide details the duties of the local union recording secretary and an overview of some of the required forms that recording secretaries are required to complete. Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
Planning and Running an Effective Union Meeting
(UAW Publication #512)
This publication is designed to help your local union president and recording secretary with planning, preparing, and conducting effective union meetings.
Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
Building Our Union’s Power Through Collective Bargaining
(UAW Publication #508)
Our collective bargaining publication examinations our legal right to bargain and teaches you ways to prepare for negotiations. It details the process of what happens at the table, how to cost wage demands, and the specifics of the potential outcomes when the contract expires.
Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
Grievance Handler’s Guidebook
(UAW Publication #525)
This guidebook provides many significant resources to grievance handlers. It reviews the grievance procedure, the process of a grievance investigation, provides tips for interviewing, teaches how to write a grievance, how to effectively argue a grievance, and interpreting contract language. It provides an overview of our member’s and grievance handler’s legal protections. There are many examples of well written grievances and other resources.
Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
Member-to-Member 2.0: A Guide for Building a Membership Communication Program
(UAW Publication #518)
Member communication networks are essential for local unions to effectively function and mobilize the members. The publication instructs local union leadership in how to build a member-to-member communication network.
Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
Surveys: Tools for Building Local Union Power
(UAW Publication #507)
Surveys serve as useful tools to build union power. This publication provides you with techniques and tips to successfully prepare, conduct, analyze the results, and report the findings of your local union surveys.
Contact your local union leadership to obtain a copy.
