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Local Union Structure

   

 

   
Treasurer
President
Business
Manager
Executive
Board
Recording
Secretary
 
Delegates
and
Committees
 
Shop
Stewards
 
Membership

Members Run the Union!

  • You elect your own local union officers.
  • You run your own local union affairs.
  • You have your own negotiating committee.
  • You make the decisions on your own union contract.
  • You have your own shop stewards.
  • You decide important policies and actions of your own union by majority vote.
  • You elect your international union officers.
  • You elect your own delegates to the international conventions.
  • You -- the membership -- are the final voice of authority and decision in your Union.
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