Our Priorities
Integrity
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Experience
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Transparency
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Member-led Unionism
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Solidarity with All Workers
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Integrity 〰️ Experience 〰️ Transparency 〰️ Member-led Unionism 〰️ Solidarity with All Workers 〰️
Empower Locals
Our strength as a union starts from the Local level. To keep our Locals strong, we must support local organizing, bolster our open shop locals, facilitate communication across locals in similar industries, and encourage relationship-building and skill-sharing in locals regionally and nationally.
Lead the Labor Movement
UE must continue to lead the left flank of the labor movement. We must build coalitions with other unions and organizations to create political change beyond the two-party duopoly. We must fight federal funding cuts threatening jobs, protect and expand our labor rights, stand with our immigrant and international worker members, and continue our national leadership in fighting for the liberation of Palestine.
Train Worker Leaders
The continued development of worker-leaders is vital, not only for UE, but for the entire labor movement. UE National can facilitate member leadership by connecting member-leaders across locals, increasing support for trainings and skill sharing, and expanding political education opportunities.
Organize the Unorganized
Organizing the Unorganized is one of the founding principles of UE. We must continue to grow UE and the labor movement through organizing blitzes, investing more resources into organizing the South, develop Wabtec and blue collar projects, and organize sister shops of current locals.
Strengthen Union Democracy
Rank-and-file democracy is the lifeblood of UE. In addition to supporting current rank and file caucuses as well as the creation of new caucuses, we will explore new ways of increasing rank and file control such as expanding the General Executive Board (GEB), explore increasing the number of regions, and bolster member participation in and communication with the GEB. This broad participation is essential to ensure that workers of color, international/immigrant workers, and workers in marginalized sectors of our economy have their needs met.