Michigan Union Label

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If every American were to switch the purchase of just $30 a year from imported to U.S. made apparel and home fashions, more than 100,000 AMERICAN jobs could be saved without spending any additional money!

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Michigan State AFL-CIO Union
Label & Service Trades Council

(517) 487-5966

Statewide Executive Board:

Jennie Chatman, Chairperson

Dennis McCann, Co-Chairperson

Cathy Cook, Financial Secretary

Patty Farhat, Recording Secretary

Michael Welch, Sergeant-at-Arms

Barbara Frederick, Trustee

Marsha Kerr-Walatka, Trustee

Becky Wilson, Trustee

Is your union or region represented on the State Union Label Council?

Click here for a list of all State Council members!

If not, contact the Chairperson.

Local Councils:

United Union Label Coalition
(Region 1C, Flint)

Alonzo (Al) Cheers, Chairperson

(810) 744-3639

West Michigan Union Label Coalition
(Western Michigan)

Jennie Chatman, President

(616) 459-6277

Union Label Council of
Wayne-Oakland-Macomb Counties

David Ivers, Secretary Treasurer

(313) 532-2022

Tri-County Greater Lansing Union Label
(Clinton, Eaton, Ingham Counties)

Don Asdell, UAW/AFL-CIO Chairperson

(248) 674-1803

Local Council Happenings

UAW Local 22 presents:

Texas Hold 'Em

When: November 3, 5:00pm (doors at 3pm)

Where: UAW Local 22

4300 Michigan Ave, Detroit

Price: $50.00

Prizes range from $200.00 to $4,000.00

For information:

Becky Wilson 734-658-6757

Mia Hooper 313-204-3770

Gary Wilson 313-897-8850

If your local council has an upcoming event, please contact the web site chair!

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As A Person Who Believes

As a person who believes in the dignity and rights of people, before I buy I shall look for the Union Label, Shop Card or Service Button. In so doing I will strengthen the security of men and women who believe as I do in the goals of a free labor movement.

I am a union family person who has been blessed with a decent living. I have come to enjoy better things because of the devotion and dedication of those before me who have labored to provide a standard of living unparalleled in the world. I shall not destroy all their efforts and render helpless all the causes they so earnestly fought to win for workers.

I am a member of organized labor and will never forget I would not be able to purchase the amount of products I do without a union job and, therefore, common sense and a deep commitment to the ideals of our movement demand that I purchase those products, which will further our cause.

Next State Council Meeting:

December 10, 2007

10:00am

State Fed Building

1st Floor Conference Room

419 South Washington Ave.

Lansing, MI

2007 Michigan State AFL-CIO

Union Label & Service Trades Council

Educational Seminar

"Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?"

October 12-13-14, 2007

Thank you to all who attended and helped make this year's seminar a great success!

Upcoming Labor Events:

Raffle Tickets are here!

Six $500.00 winners, tickets 3 for $5.00

Drawing December 10

See your State Council Member for tickets.

Annual Peace with Justice Banquet

December 2

6:00pm

Detroit Renaissance Center Marriott

$100.00

Call 313-965-5422

If you know of an upcoming Michigan Labor event, please contact the web site chair.

This month in Michigan labor history...

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The Union Label Pledge

I AM A UNION WORKER. I know that I enjoy many things today because of the devotion and sacrifices of unionists before me who fought to win a better life for all working people.

I pledge to help my union brothers and sisters by buying union-made products and using union-made services.

I pledge further to buy only those goods in the marketplace that are made in this country by my fellow workers, and to avoid the imported products of those companies that export production, technology and jobs to low-wage countries, thus destroying jobs and undermining the economy of this nation.

As a unionist, I will not permit my union-earned dollars to profit those who refuse to recognize their employees' right to participate in the collective bargaining process, and do not permit them to have a strong voice in determining their own future.

I pledge also to look for the Union Label on all goods and services that I use. By doing so, I help strengthen the security of those men and women who believe as I do in the goals of the free labor movement.

I demonstrate my unity with my labor brothers and sisters by observing a simple principle - the Union Label Golden Rule:

Buy Union products and services as you would have union wages and benefits paid unto you!