Standing Committees
Article 44 of the UAW Constitution requires this many active standing committees at each local.
What is eleven?
This is the minimum number of members present in order for actions to be considered constitutional.
What is a quorum?
This person represents our local and region on the international executive board.
Who is the regional director?
What year was the UAW formed?
When was 1935?
This was the day Walter Reuther was born in Wheeling, West Virginia.
When was September 1, 1907?
This was the year the most recent mandatory standing committee was added to the UAW Constitution.
What is 2022?
This is the minimum required attendance for ALL union leaders (elected & appointed) for membership meetings.
What is 2 out of 3?
Before calling the director directly, the president should reach out to this person to answer questions or make requests.
Who is a servicing representative?
The UAW has stood by these "solid four" from the beginning, and continues to live by these everyday.
What are core values?
You can thank this woman for Social Security, Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Standards Act...just to name a few
Who is Frances Perkins?
If you would rather "do politics," rather than have "politics do you," this is the standing committee for you.
What is CAP (Community Action Program)?
These are the democratic guidelines followed by all UAW meetings.
What are Robert's Rules of order?
This is the elected person that must file a greivence on your behalf.
Who is a committeeperson?
This famous musical depicted an early example of power in numbers.....and it was orchestrated by children!
What is Newsies?
This Supreme Court Case cut the legs from the middle class by allowing businesses to "exercise their first amendment right" by making unlimited contributions to campaigns.
What is Citizens United vs FEC
This individual is the ex-officio member of all standing committees.
Who is the local union president?
Before closing discussion, you must have this fraction of votes?
What is 2/3 majority?
If something is unclear in the constitution, or you have questions on protocol or guidelines, look for these letters on LUIS.
What are administrative letters?
1937 - Detroit - River Rouge Plant, James "Scotty" Kilpatrick was able to smuggle out film of this brawl.
What is the Battle of the Overpass.
This is the largest labor union in the United States, with more than 2.8 million members.
What is the National Education Association (NEA)?
This was the year the education, community service, union label, and consitution & bylaws committees were enshrined in the UAW Constitution.
When was 1936?
Before the local union can take any action or spend money, someone must do this at a union meeting.
What is make a motion?
In order to make changes in the collective bargaining agreement or the UAW constitution, you must fill out one of these.
What is a resolution?
Without the support of the UAW, this global event would have likely flopped.
What is earth day?
In 1932, Walter Reuther was fired for working on the campaign for presidential candidate Norman Thomas for this party.
What is the socialist party?