The Five Basic Steps To Organizing a Union

Watching what's happening in Wisconsin has inspired me to try to unionize my workplace. I found some information that may be useful to me and I thought I'd share it with you.

http://www.ueunion.org/org_steps.html

Although every workplace is different and the needs of workers vary, there are some basic steps involved in winning a union voice on the job. Here's how it happens ...
Ready to organize a union?

To begin organizing a union at your workplace there’s a simple starting point before going through the steps listed below: quietly talk to a few of your co-workers who you think may be interested in organizing.
Privately talk it over with your co-workers ...

This small group starts to privately discuss workplace issues, what is involved in organizing a union, and making plans to contact UE. When you’re ready, contact us and a UE representative will meet with the small group to answer your questions and help you develop a comprehensive organizing plan.

Step 1: Build an Organizing Committee
Build an Organizing Committee ...

Leaders are identified and an organizing committee representing all major departments and all shifts and reflecting the racial, ethnic and gender diversity in the workforce is established. Organizing committee training begins immediately. Committee members must be prepared to work hard to educate themselves and their co-workers about the union and to warn and educate co-workers about the impending management anti-union campaign. The organizing committee must be educated about workers’ right to organize and must understand UE policies and principles of democracy and rank-and-file control.

voluntarily treated workers fairly as far as compensation, overtime, health benefits, pension, protection/safety in the workplace, hours, etc. But management has an inherent conflict-of-interest. Corporations have a primary duty to its shareholders and that means spending as little as possible and workers are the victims of that principle. Unions exist for the protection of workers.