UE LEADERSHIP GUIDE On-Line Supplement

Welcome to the on-line supplement to the new UE Leadership Guide, a comprehensive 578-page reference manual for UE local union leaders. Look here for additional materials, sources of information and one-click links to web-sites mentioned in the manual.

CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

• LINKS ON THE WEB
  • Chapter 8 - Grievances, Stewards and a UE Local Union
    • Grievance Action Sheet
  • Chapter 10 - Government: Laws and Agencies
    • Links to government agencies and sites related to federal laws affecting workers and local unions.
  • Chapter 16 - Taxes and Other Government Reports
    • Links to the IRS and the Department of Labor
• SOME DOCUMENTS
  AVAILABLE BY REQUEST
  • Sample Contract Language
    • Language for local contracts, both general and specific
  • Information Requests
    • Sample information request letters for use by UE locals (as they appear in the Leadership Guide).
  • Sample Constitutions
    • Sample constitutions for both single worksite and amalgamated local unions (as they appear in the Leadership Guide).

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LINKS ON THE WEB

Reminder: there are millions of documents available on the web. If the information you are looking for cannot be found using the links below, try using web search engines such as those found on the UE Search page. Be careful, however, to make sure the information you find has been posted by a reliable source and has not become out of date.

Chapter 8 - Grievances, Stewards and a UE Local Union

• Grievance Action Form

  • Printer Friendly Version

  • Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Versions in English/Spanish
    To download and view these, you'll
    need Adobe's Acrobat Reader. It's free.

Chapter 10 - Government Laws and Agencies

• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  To view much of the material available on the NLRB website,
  you'll need to download Adobe's Acrobat Reader. It's free.

  • Board Decisions

  • NLRB Field Offices

  • NLRB Forms Online
    Includes Forms 501 and 509

  • Rules and Regulations

  • Help Desk
    Featuring lots of links to information concerning job-related problems.

  • Manuals

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

  • OSHA Offices

  • State Programs

  • The OSHA Reading Room
    OSHA's "Reading Room" page has links to OSHA
    directives; statistics and inspection records; OSHA
    manuals and Hazard Information bulletins. All
    workplace inspection records are online and searchable!

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Overview

    • Laws Governing Discrimination (EEOC Fact Sheet)

      • Title VII

        • Race/Color Discrimination

        • Religious Discrimination

        • National Origin Discrimination

        • Sexual Harassment

        • Pregnancy Discrimination Act

        • The Equal Pay Act of 1963

      • Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

      • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

        • EEOC Fact Sheet

      • Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
        (some useful info may be obtained from the U.S. Justice Department's Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices Office website)

  • Additional ADA Web Sites (listed by EEOC)

  • The Job Accomodation Network (JAN)

  • EEOC Offices

  • EEOC Regulations (list of regs on the net)

• Department of Labor

  • Employment Standards Administration - Office of Labor Management Standards

    • Compliance Information
      (general information: bonding,
      retention of union records, internal
      financial controls, union elections...)

    • Reporting Requirements

    • Union Elections

    • Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) Field Offices

  • Employment Standards Administration - Wage and Hour Division

  • The Fair Labor Standards Act

  • Family and Medical Leave Act

  • Minimum Wage

  • Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
    (also: some states may have advance warning requirements; this link will lead you to DOL's listing of state Labor Departments)

• Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

  • Health Benefits Under COBRA
    (Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Document; you may need to
    download Adobe's Acrobat Reader. It's free.)

  • PWBA Publications (pension information)

  • Contacts and Information about Public Disclosure

  • Regional Offices

• Department of Transportation

  • Drug and Alcohol Testing

  • Federal Aviation Administration (call 202-366-6710)

  • Federal Highway Administration (call 202-366-2981)

  • Federal Railroad Administration (call 202-366-0127)

  • Federal Transit Administration (call 202-366-2896)

  • Coast Guard (call 202-267-1430)

• Social Security Administration

Chapter 16 - Taxes and Other Government Reports

• The Internal Revenue Service

• LM Reports

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AVAILABLE BY REQUEST

The following documents are some of those available by request to UE Locals from the UE National Office (call 412-471-8919)

Contract Language

Sample UE Contract Language

Boilerplate language for UE Local contracts, in WordPerfect format (version 5.x and higher). (File name: SAMPCONT.WP)

Contract Language: Family and Medical Leave Act

Boilerplate contract language for the Family and Medical Leave Act, in WordPerfect format (version 5.x and higher). (File name: FMLA.WP)

Suggested Contract Language: Various Topics

Suggested contract language covering: Health and Safety, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Union Security, and Affirmative Action (company responsibilities). In WordPerfect format (version 5.x and higher). (File name: LANGUAGE.WP)

Information Requests

Information Requests: Single Worksite Employers

Boilerplate language for information requests involving single-worksite or small employers (as contained in the UE Leadership Guide). In WordPerfect format (version 5.1 and higher). (File name: INFREQSM.WP)

Information Request: Large Employer

Boilerplate language for information requests; large, multi-site or multinational corporations (as contained in the UE Leadership Guide). In WordPerfect format (version 5.1 and higher). (File name: INFREQLG.WP)

Information Request: Public Employers

Boilerplate language for information requests to public employers. (as contained in the UE Leadership Guide). In WordPerfect format (version 5.1 and higher). (File name: INFREQPE.WP)

Information Request: Plant Closing Negotiations

Boilerplate language for information requests involving plant closing bargaining (as contained in the UE Leadership Guide). In WordPerfect format (version 5.1 and higher). (File name: INFREQPC.WP)

Sample Constitutions

Sample UE Local Constitution

Boilerplate language for new UE local constitutions, in WordPerfect format (version 5.1 and higher). (File name: LOCLCON.WP)

Sample UE Local Consitution (in Spanish)

Boilerplate Spanish language for new UE local constitutions, in WordPerfect format (version 5.x and higher). (File name: SPCONST.WP)

Sample Amalgamated UE Local Constitution

Boilerplate language for new amalgamated UE local constitutions, in WordPerfect format (version 5.1 and higher) as it appears in the UE Leadership Guide.  (File name: AMALCON.WP)

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