UE Policy 2007-2009
UE Policy
UE policy is set by rank-and-file delegates to our biennial national convention in the form of resolutions that are discussed and debated on the convention floor. Resolutions are submitted by UE local unions, District Councils and the UE General Executive Board. UE policies are revised at each convention.
The policy of our union represents a fundamental agreement between UE local unions to work and stand together on a variety of issues. It is a voluntary agreement; there is no "enforcement power" held by the national union. On the other hand, the willingness of UE locals to live up to the agreement they've reached with each other has been the source of our strength as a national union since UE was founded in 1936.
- Organize the Unorganized:
The National Organizing Plan - Collective Bargaining
- Healthcare for All
- Protect and Expand Social Security
- Independent
Rank-and-File Political Action - Labor Law Reform
- Bring the Troops Home –
End the Occupation Now - Collective Bargaining Rights
For Public Employees - Advance Women’s Rights
- Stop the Ten-Hour Day
- For Peace, Jobs,
And a Pro-worker Foreign Policy - Defend Our Civil Liberties
- Build Jobs With Justice
And the People’s Movement - Restore the Right to Strike
- Privatization:
The Shark in the Bathtub - For a Safe and Healthy
Workplace, Fix OSHA Now! - Fight Racism
- International Solidarity
- Education for the Future
- An Economy for All
- UE Retiree Committees:
A Wealth of Experience and Activism - Revitalize Our Nation’s Rail System
- End Discrimination
Based on Sexual Orientation - End the Cuban Blockade
And Resume Relations - Public Education:
Stop the Attacks and Fund
Quality Education for All - Stand Up for the Rights
Of Immigrant Workers - Fight Workplace Closings
- Workplace Struggle
- Justice for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
- Protect Our Planet for Future Generations
- Rights of the Healthcare Worker
- Pay Equity for School Paraprofessionals
- Support the Family Farmer
- Repeal of 95-98 as Part of Reparations
For 1898 Wilmington Racist Coup D’etat - Eliminate Hate Groups
- Celebrate the Anniversary
of
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Report of the Policy Action Committee
These policies will be revised
at the next UE National Convention
in September, 2009.