Unions

American & Canadian Unions
Joint UAW-Company Centers
Labor Around the World
UAW
UAW Locals 1 - 99
UAW Locals 100 - 999
UAW Locals 1000 - 9999

American & Canadian Unions

Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW)
A site for the auto workers' union that has the same origins as the UAW.

CAW Skilled Trades Web Site
A well-done site jointly produced by local area Councils of the Canadian Auto Workers' Skilled Trades Council. Include trades news, Ontario political information, links, and more.

Coalition of Labor Union Women
The Coalition of Labor Union Women has just gone online with an attractive, well-organized site that keeps you up to date on issues that union women care about. An online form will help you join, and the site can put you in touch with the CLUW chapter nearest you.

International Association of Machinists
The two unions the UAW plans to unify with by the year 2000 are now on-line with lots of info and news. Here's one.

LaborNet
A site full of interesting labor-related information, views and links. Here's where we found some good quotes about workers and labor, for example.

National Education Association
This site, put up by one of the two major unions representing American teachers, includes a cyber-tour of public schools, a resource room for improving education, and "recess," a teachers' collection of funny statements made by kids.

The AFL-CIO's LaborWEB
Includes the AFL-CIO News On-line, a place for Working Women, union research, major union campaigns, a list of anti-union products and services unions are boycotting, and more.

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
This private group includes government, labor and company representatives, and it's put lots of health & safety info on the web, including information on health & safety products and links.

The Union Label - Buying Union
From the AFL-CIO's Union Label and Service Dept., this site gives valuable information about the conditions and countries behind the products we buy (or won't buy), including updates on political action and the AFL-CIO boycott list.

The United Electrical Workers
This is one of three unions representing electrical workers; the other two are in the AFL-CIO. Includes information from Mexico.

The United Mine Workers of America
Includes interesting insights into jobs Mine Workers do, and stories of major Mine Worker events and heroes like Mother Jones.

Union Privilege
Being a union member has its upside off the job, too. This upbeat page shows you how to take advantage of your union status to cash in on big discounts on loans, insurance, travel and consumer products and services.

Unions Belonging to the AFL-CIO
Links to unions that have web pages and belong to this, the major federation of American unions.

United Steel Workers of America
Here's the other. Also includes information on the historical agreement with Bridgestone/Firestone, updated bi-weekly.

Walter P. Reuther Archives of Wayne State University
This isn't a union, but it's where the UAW and other unions -- including locals -- send a gold-mine of historical documents, pictures, etc. Holds interesting labor-related exhibits year-round.

Joint UAW-Company Centers

UAW Local 174's Stephen P. Yokich Education Center
Lively, up-to-date information about a jointly-run UAW-GM education center that provides educational opportunities to UAW-represented GM Employees, their spouses and retirees.

UAW-DaimlerChrysler National Training Center
Totally retooled in March 2001, this site introduces visitors to the wide range of jointly run training and other education, child care, and wellness programs negotiated by the UAW with DaimlerChrysler. While you're visiting, be sure to check out the UAW-DaimlerChrysler LearnNTC and PEL (Paid Education Leave) web sites.

UAW-Ford National Programs Center
This site provides information on educational opportunities, employee support programs and other jointly developed initiatives for UAW Ford workers, retirees and family members. The useful "Links" and "Visitor Information" sections help training participants plan their trips to the Detroit facility. The Center's quarterly publication, "Sharing Our Pride," is also available to read online.

UAW-GM Center for Human Resources
Showcasing the numerous programs and services available to UAW General Motors workers and family members, this site provides a handy list of current course offerings as well as Health and Safety class descriptions and schedules. A directory of UAW-GM Employee Assistance Professionals and Child Care consultants is also included. Race fans, be sure to check out the UAW-GM Motorsports section of the site for a racing schedule, photo gallery and more.

Labor Around the World

Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union
Insights into how a major union functions in Australia, including bargaining and political action. Represents workers at many kinds of employers, including automaker Mitsubishi and auto partsmakers.

Cyber Picket Line
A British site that supports workers' union and job rights around the world with cyber campaigns, such as one supporting Russian workers after they weren't paid for months.

Free the Children
A site by and for children, created by a Canadian youngster and overseen by Kailash Satyarthi, recipient of the 1995 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award. Its goal is to help free children from exploitative child labour and abuse, poverty, lack of education and prejudice. Has lots of info.

General Federation of Trade Unions
News & info on a British federation that includes their metalworking union as well a wide range of jobs and industries like: ceramics, bakers, musicians , writers, clothing and textiles workers, and the footwear and apparel trades, to name a few. It's slow-loading and isn't kept up to date, however.

Global March Against Child Labour
A beautiful site that's just a little too fancy for it's own good, if you don't have a fast modem. Created to show the urgency of ending child labor. Hadn't been updated for a while when we checked, but promises to be reinvigorated by future events.

Human Rights Watch
This well-respected international group fighting mistreatment of workers and other people worldwide now features a special site to fight discrimination against women in Mexico's maquiladora plants owned by American and other multinational companies.

I.G. Metall
The Union that represents 160,000 Daimler-Benz workers in Germany, now working for the new DaimlerChrysler company. Looks like a nice site, but if you don't know how to read German, that's about as far as you can get.

ICEM international labor news & cyber-campaigns
Sponsored by the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Worker's Unions, which represents some 20 million workers worldwide. The site promotes global solidarity and cyber-campaigns over issues like helping Russian workers get wages they're owed. It offers timely international labor news, a labor gallery, union networks, and more.

ICEM North American Regional Office
The North American office of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions offers info in French and English on their actions and cyber-campaigns from a North American perspective.

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
A good source of news and information on unions and worker action world-wide. For current news, go to the ICFTU ONLINE area and check out its Bulletin Boards.

International Labor Organization
The group that has, since 1919, set international standards for "the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labor rights respecting the rights of workers," pressures governments to adopt those standards, and challenges abuses like child labor.

International Labor Rights Fund
Find out about the struggle for labor rights around the world, and what you can do. Includes the lowdown on child labor, how the International Monetary Fund works and how its policies affect workers,and active campaigns for worker rights.

International Metalworkers' Federation
History, news updates and a list of publications on workers and issues around the world from the international federation the UAW belongs to.

LabourNET
This British site has dynamic, interesting information from the labor movement in many countries, both official and unofficial. When we checked it had up-to-date news from the labor movement in Korea, for example.

LabourStart
Billed as where trade unionists start their day on the net, has-up-to-date union news from around the world and links to foreign labor sites.

LabourStart TV
This feature, launched Nov. 14, 2005 on the LabourStart web site, allows you to watch videos produced by and for trade union members around the world.

Metal Workers Union Volvo Gothenburg
The union of metalworkers at all Volvo companies in Gothenburg Sweden, with 10 000 members. A sister union to UAW Ford members, since Ford owns Volvo car operations. Includes information in English.

National Labor Committee
This small group's campaigns against sweatshops and child labor worldwide has forced major clothing labels like Liz Claiborne, Ralph Loren, and the Gap to change their ways, and they've taken on the worldwide employment abuses of the Disney empire.

National Union of Miners in South Africa
A union that played a tremendous role in democratizing South Africa, they were one of the first unions on the Internet.

Poptel in Britain
A one-stop site that can link you to many progressive British groups, including the major unions and the Labor Party.

Stolen Dreams
Photos show the reality of child labor, from a Harvard University Public Health professor.

The Congress of South African Trade Unions
If anything will remind you that it's a small world on the Internet, this will. Not a fancy site, but it was one of the first union sites on the web.

The IUF world wide federation
With their web site, the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) sponsors lively cyber-campaigns, such as the one against how the Dole Food Co. exploits workers, and especially children, in the Philippines and around the world. Up to date site with good explanations about what's happening, including a letter-writing campaign. Be prepared to have your computer invaded with "cookies" as you browse, however.

The Japan Institute of Labor
This "semi-governmental organization" under the Japanese Ministry of Labor offers interesting statistics on workers in Japan plus articles and other information.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
A beautiful site from the largest metalworkers union in South Africa -- where unions did a lot to bring the nation democracy -- with close to 232 000 members. NUMSA members assemble cars and make car parts, including tires, sell and repair cars and car parts, make steel and similar products, and make goods from steel, aluminum etc.

The New World Village
A portal to the internet left sponsored by Znet. Links you to Neighborhoods of contributors' sites by theme, plus zillions of other site links, their online conference center, forums, and online university, and more.

UAW

Public Review Board
This site provides access to decisions issued by the Public Review Board (PRB). The PRB was established pursuant to Article 32, §1, of the Constitution of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, (UAW). The PRB, jointly with the Convention Appeals Committee (CAC), acts as final appellate authority under the internal remedial procedures provided by the Constitution.

UAW Region 1A
Region 1A covers most of Wayne County, Mich., (including part of Detroit), Monroe County and Washtenaw County, and extends to the Ohio border. The approximately 150,000 active and retired members in Region 1A come from Ford, General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, AutoAlliance, Michigan health care facilities, state and county offices and facilities and other workplaces.

UAW Region 1C
Region 1C is made up of over 46,000 active and 54,000 retired members in Flint, Lansing, Adrian, Jackson and Battle Creek, Mich. Region 1C is home of the union’s first major organizing victory -- the result of the Flint sit-down strike against General Motors in 1936-1937. In addition to auto workers, the region includes child care workers, health care workers, television and credit union workers, state and county workers, fire fighters, police officers and EMS drivers. Today’s Region 1C members proudly carry on their rich tradition of community service and political activism.

UAW Region 8
Region 8 comprises nearly 200 local unions in 12 states (Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Delaware and the following counties of Pennsylvania: Franklin, Cumberland, Adams and York) and the District of Columbia The 60,000 UAW members in Region 8 work in manufacturing, state governments, agriculture and office buildings. They build many of the vehicles you drive, the planes you ride in, package the food you eat and handle the professional documents you need.

UAW Locals 1 - 99

Local .9
This local represents brewery workers in Wisconsin who make beer.

Local 10 - Retiree site
This site is dedicated to UAW Local 10 retirees in Doraville, Ga.

Local 12
Based in Toledo, Ohio, this amalgamated local represents members from over 50 diverse companies, with operations ranging from automobile assembly, parts production, health care, financial services, food service and office and professional workers. Chartered in 1936, Local 12 has approximately 9,000 active members and over 4,000 retirees.

Local 14
Local 14 is an amalgamated local union. The General Motors Powertrain Unit has about 1,300 members and is a manufacturer of automatic 6-speed rear-wheel drive and front-wheel drive transmissions. Our Office Unit has two members that are dedicated to the office work of our local and our units. Also included in our local are two Maintenance Worker Unit workers. Mathews Ford of Oregon recently joined our local as the first UAW dealership in Ohio We also have a very active retiree chapter with more than 3,000 members.

Local 22
"Cadillac workers" organized in September 1936 when Local 174 -- the home local of Walter Reuther -- was formed. The local was chartered as Local 22 in 1945. The 2,900 active members of the local still make the Cadillac at GM's Hamtramck (Mich.) assembly plant. Members of Local 22 also include 460 workers at the GM powertrain facility in Livonia, Mich., nurses at three GM facilities, as well as workers at Vitec -- a manufacturer of gas tanks for various cars. Local 22's retiree chapter is 6,000 strong.

Local 31
Based in Kansas City, Kan., the 3,000 active members of Local 31 make the Chevy Malibu at GM's Fairfax Assembly Plant. The local also represents 2,700 retirees.

Local 86
UAW Local 86 in Napoleon, Ohio, consists of nine plants that produce an array of products from agricultural to automotive and flashlights. There are about 1,400 active members and 150 retired. Local 86 endeavors to be a community leader in the Northwest Ohio area by supporting local charities and functions such as the March of Dimes and local fair projects. Local 86 is also trying to get the word out to support union activism by producing a local newsletter and our Web site.

UAW Locals 100 - 999

Local 122
Members of Local 122 work at Daimler-Chrysler's Twinsburg Stamping Plant in eastern Ohio. The local, which has about 1,550 active members, stamp parts for a variety of DaimlerChrysler vehicles. The plant and local will celebrate a 50-year anniversary in 2007.

Local 140
Established on Oct. 1, 1935, Local 140 was the first local to be granted a charter by the UAW. Today the local includes 4,300 members who work at DaimlerChrysler’s Warren (Mich.) Truck plant, where they build the Dodge Dakota and Dodge Ram trucks. The local also includes 2,500 retirees and approximately 20 workers at DaimlerChrysler’s Sterling Heights (Mich.) Vehicle Test Center.

Local 148
Local 148 represents 2,600 active members who work at McDonnell Douglas/Boeing Aircraft in Long Beach, and Carson, Calif., where they build military and commercial aircraft including the C-17 and 717. Founded in 1942, the local’s retiree membership is 7,800 strong.

Local 160
The 2,300 Local 160 members at the Warren (Mich.) Technical Center build prototype, mule and show vehicles for General Motors. The local also includes 3,100 retirees.

Local 174
Lively, up-to-date information about a jointly-run UAW-GM education center that provides educational opportunities to UAW-represented GM Employees, their spouses and retirees.

Local 211
Amalgamated Local 211 represents more than 1,350 active members at the GM Powertrain plant in Defiance, Ohio, where they make iron block, head and crankshaft castings, as well as aluminum block and head castings. The local also includes over 80 members at colorant manufacturer Ferro Corp. in Stryker, Ohio; 60 members at auto parts supplier Herbert E. Orr in Paulding, Ohio; 45 skilled trades members at insulation manufacturer Johns Manville, in Defiance; 60 members at scrap metal recycler Metal Management in Defiance; 45 members at Midwest Community Federal Credit Union in Defiance, and over 200 members at parts supplier Powers & Sons LLC in Montpelier, Ohio. More than 3,200 retirees are also members of Local 211.

Local 218
Based in Hurst, Texas, the 1,900 members of this local build the Cobra, V-22 Osprey, Huey and OH-58 helicopters for Bell Helicopter. Local 218 was chartered in 1953 and has 2,700 retiree members.

Local 228
Local 228 represents 3,800 UAW members at the Visteon Sterling Axle Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, who build gear sets, axles, and drive shafts for Ford and General Motors.

Local 239
Based in Baltimore, Md., Local 239 represents 1,500 members at the GM truck plant where they build the Astro and Safari; 350 members at Allison Transmission and approximately 85 members at Murray, a supplier of hose clamps for the Big Three. It is also the home local for 1,500 UAW retirees.

Local 245
This amalgamated local represents 1,800 active members as well as over 700 retired members. Active members work at Ford Motor Company’s Research and Engineering Center in Dearborn, Mich., Ford’s Troy Design in Redford and Warren, Mich., Ford’s Air Transportation facilities in Romulus, Mich., and at The Edison Institute, home to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.

Local 249
Local 249 represents 5,000 UAW members at Ford Motors’ Kansas City Assembly Plant in Pleasant Valley, Missouri. Members build the Ford F-150 Super Cab, F-150 Super Crew Cab, and F-150 King Crew Cab, as well as the new Ford Escape and Mazda Tribute sport utility vehicles. Local 249 membership also includes 200 active members from the Kansas City Parts Distribution Center in Lenexa, Kansas, 10 nurses at the assembly plant and approximately 2,000 retirees.

Local 251
Local 251 represents approximately 2,200 members who work in automotive, health care, rail transportation, financial services, sporting equipment and other industries in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Local 262 - Richard Shoemaker Skill Center
Located in Livonia, Mich., the Richard Shoemaker Skill Center provides educational opportunities that enhance the quality of life for UAW Local 262 members, their spouses and retirees.

Local 276
Local 276 represents 2,800 workers at GM’s Vehicle Manufacturing Assembly Plant in Arlington, Texas, where they build the Tahoe, Yukon and Escalade sport utility vehicles. Based in Grand Prairie, Texas, the local was chartered in 1954 and includes 2,700 retired workers.

Local 282
This amalgamated local, based in St. Louis, Mo., comprises 14 bargaining units and represents 1,200 members at nine companies. Over 100 retirees are active in the local's retirees' chapter.

Local 292
Chartered in 1940, Local 292 includes 2,200 workers at the Delphi Electronics & Safety plant in Kokomo, Ind., as well as 7,500 retirees. This amalgamated local also represents workers at American Food and Vending and Health Solutions.

Local 294
Located in Akron, Ohio, UAW Local 294 includes 60 members who work at Parker-Hannifin where they make pneumatic cylinders for the automotive and other industries.

Local 298
Local 298 represents approximately 400 workers at Raytheon in Largo and St. Petersburg, Fla., where they make electronic communications equipment for various governmental agencies. Chartered in December 1957, the local includes 80 retired members.

Local 383
More than 600 active members of Local 383 make brake components for the automotive and heavy truck industries at the Bosch Chassis plant in St. Joseph, Mich. The local also includes 700 retired members.

Local 387
The local represents approximately 2,200 members who work at Ford Motor Company's Woodhaven (Mich.) Stamping Plant, and 160 members at Ford's forging unit, also located in Woodhaven. Some 1,600 retirees are also members of Local 387.

Local 400
Based in Utica, Mich., Local 400 represents approximately 5,500 men and women who work at the Visteon trim facilities in Chesterfield and Utica, Ford's Romeo engine plant, Highland Park warehouse and Michigan proving grounds.The local also represents 4,000 retirees.

Local 402
This amalgamated local in Springfield, Ohio, represents 4,000 workers who fabricate and assemble medium- and heavy-duty trucks at International Truck and Engine Corp., as well as workers at International's Truck Sales Center who customize finished products; Aramark food service workers at the Truck and Engine plant; and workers at AKZO-Nobel Coatings Inc., a paint supplier to International Truck and Engine. Some four thousand retirees also belong to the local.

Local 412
As one of the largest amalgamated UAW locals in the country, Local 412 serves a diverse membership including salary, hourly, skilled trades and public sector employees. In all fields – from engineering and design in the automotive and defense industries to attorneys in the public sector to skilled tradespersons – UAW Local 412 supports the needs and growth of an active group of over 5,000 trained professionals.

Local 413
The Menominee, Michigan local represents 300 of the finest casual furniture craftsman in the world.

Local 438
Local 438 represents 830 members who make engine control modules at Delphi Delco Electronics Systems. The Oak Creek, Wis., local also includes 700 retirees.

Local 571
This is the local for the Marine Draftsmen's Association. It was founded as an independent group in New London, Connecticut in 1939 for designers, draftsmen, and other personnel at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut. Electric Boat is now a Division of General Dynamics, and the world's first nuclear powered submarine was designed by members of Local 571.

Local 578
Located in Oshkosh, Wisc., Local 578 represents more than 2,000 UAW members who produce quality trucks, truck bodies, and access equipment for Oshkosh Truck Corporation.

Local 592
Local 592 is an amalgamated local with 725 active members and 1,200 retirees in Rockford, Ill. Its members work at aerospace parts maker Hamilton Sundstrand, auto parts maker MNP Precision Parts, and toymaker RC2 Corp.

Local 598
This local was born in 1939 in Flint, Michigan to represent workers at one of the Fisher Body plants where UAW members staged the 1937 Great Sit Down Strike and the UAW won its first contract with General Motors.

Local 599
An amalgamated local in Flint, Mich., Local 599 represents 1,700 workers at the General Motors' Powertrain plant and also at the UPF frame plant.

Local 602
Chartered January 18, 1939, this is the local that brought the UAW to Lansing, Mich. The 3,100 active members build the Pontiac Grand Am, the Oldsmobile Alero and the Malibu Classic at the General Motors Fisher Body plant. Local 602 also includes more than 3,000 retiree members.

Local 624
Represents workers at Magna's New Process Gear, a division of Magna Powertrain, and other employers in East Syracuse, N.Y.

Local 651
This local, chartered in 1939, represents 4,800 workers at Delphi Electronics East and Delco Electronics Systems, both in Flint, Michigan.

Local 652
This Lansing, Mich., local represents approximately 6,500 General Motors employees who proudly build the Pontiac Grand Am, Oldsmobile Alero, Cadillac CTS, Chevrolet Malibu and metal stamping parts.

Local 659
This local represents several GM plants, including: Flint Powertrain V-8 Engine, Flint Metal Center, Service Parts Operation, Delphi E West Flint, Die Management, and A.C.C. Transportation.

Local 685
The 7,000 active members of UAW Local 685 work at DaimlerChrysler’s Kokomo (Ind.) Transmission Plant and Indiana Transmission Plant, as well as American Vending Food Services, Eurest Food Services and Staywell. Local 685 also includes 3,000 retirees.

Local 686
Located in Lockport, N.Y., Local 686 represents over 4,700 members who make radiators, oil coolers, condensers, evaporators and HVAC units at Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems. Other members of this amalgamated local make metal products for Metal Cladding, Inc. and rubber and plastic products for Avon Automotive. The local also represents cafeteria workers at the Delphi facility, hospital workers at Reflections In-Patient Unit in Lockport, and workers at Perry’s Ice Cream Company. There are approximately 4,800 retirees in Local 686 as well.

Local 696
Located in Dayton, Ohio, UAW Local 696 represents 1,600 members who work at Delphi’s Needmore Road Operations/Dayton Plant 3 facilities where they make brake components for General Motors and other auto companies. Chartered in 1939, the local also includes 4,300 retired members.

Local 699
This local represents the working men and women of Delphi Saginaw Steering Systems in Saginaw, Michigan.

Local 730
Local 730 represents 2,200 members who make stampings for General Motors vehicles at the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Metal Center. The local also includes 3,500 retirees.

Local 735
The members of local 735 make transmissions for General Motors cars and trucks. In addition to the 4,600 members at the Powertrain Transmission Plant in Ypsilanti, Mich., and 400 members at the Romulus (Mich.)Transmission Operation, the local also represents some 2,000 retirees.

Local 774
The local union that represents General Motors powertrain workers in Buffalo, New York.

Local 845
This local, founded in 1967, represents Ford Climate Control and other workers in Canton, Michigan.

Local 848
This local was founded in 1943 when workers at North American Aviation in Grand Prairie, Texas, joined the UAW. Today Local 848 members work at Lockheed, Raytheon and Vought.

Local 862
Based in Louisville, Ken., this local represents over 9,500 members who build the Ford Explorer, Explorer Sport Trac, Excursion, Mountaineer and F-250 and F-350 pickup trucks. The local also represents 2,500 retirees.

Local 863
This amalgamated local represents hourly workers and salaried nurses at the Ford transmission plant in Sharonville, Ohio, and at the Ford Transmission LLC plant in Batavia, Ohio. The local's retiree chapter has over 2,200 members.

Local 879
Local 879 members at Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant produce the Ranger pick-up truck. The web site was designed to provide information to members and share their interests with the public.

Local 882
Chartered in July 1941, UAW Local 882's current membership includes some 3,000 active and 1,700 retired members. The local represents workers who make the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable at the Atlanta Assembly Plant. Local 882 members also work at Ford's and Volvo's parts distribution centers and trucking firm Excel Logistics in the Atlanta area.

Local 892
This dynamic site is from a local that represents Ford and other workers in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area.

Local 897
UAW Local 897 represents about 1,100 workers at the Ford Motor Co.’s Buffalo (N.Y.) Stamping Plant. The workers make metal stampings and welded sub-assemblies for Ford’s car and truck assembly plants in North America, Great Britain and Mexico.

Local 898
The 2,300 members of Local 898 make fuel injectors, fuel pumps, altenators and other fuel charging components at the Visteon facility in Rawsonville, Michigan.

Local 909
Local 909 represents the proud men and women at the GM Powertrain plant (Warren,Mich.) who build world-class transmissions, torque converters, control arms and wheels.

Local 969
This amalgamated local in Columbus, Ohio represents workers at Metal Improvement Company, A.V.I. Foodsystems Delphi cafeteria, AC-Delco and Delphi Interiors Columbus, as well as 2,600 retirees from these locations.

Local 974
Based in Peoria, Ill., Local 974 represents 13,700 members who make Caterpillar tractors and diesel engines.

Local 980
The 1,600 men and women of Local 980 build the Ford Ranger pickup truck in Edison, New Jersey. The local also represents some 600 retirees.

UAW Locals 1000 - 9999

Local 1050
Local 1050 represents 850 workers at Alcoa Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio, where they make aluminum forgings for the aerospace industry and aluminum wheels for car and heavy truck manufacturers. Chartered in 1948, the local also includes more than 650 retirees.

Local 1069
The 1,150 members of Local 1069 build the V-22 Osprey troop transport helicopter and the Chinook medium-lift helicopter at the Boeing facility in Philadelphia. Chartered in 1956, the local has a retiree membership of 1,600.

Local 1097
The members of Local 1097 make fuel systems and emissions controls systems, primarily for General Motors, at the Delphi Energy and Electronics plant in Rochester, N.Y.

Local 1102
The 550 active members of this amalgamated local in Green Bay, Wis., build converting and printing machinery for the paper industry. In existence since 1950, the local also includes 120 retirees.

Local 1111
Local 1111 represents 2,600 members who work at Visteon Automotive Systems in Indianapolis, Ind., where they make steering gears, pumps and columns for the Big Three and other automakers. Some 1,800 retirees also belong to the local.

Local 1112
Chartered in 1966, Local 1112 represents 4,800 workers who build the Chevrolet Cavilier and Pontiac Sunfire at GM's Lordstown (Ohio) assembly plant. The local also represents 4,000 retirees.

Local 1250
Local 1250 represents 3,800 workers at Ford Motor Company’s Brook Park, Ohio, complex. The site includes two engine plants and a casting plant. Local 1250 also includes 5,000 retired members.

Local 1284
UAW Local 1284, under the leadership of Russel (Tiny) Clintsman, was formed in 1953, the year after Engineering Operations started at Chrysler's Chelsea Proving Grounds. The 340 members of Local 1284 consist of Durability Driver/Mechanics, Technicians, Photographers, Housekeeping, and Building & Grounds Maintenance.

Local 1292
The 1,600 members of Local 1292 at the Grand Blanc (Mich.) Metal Center make body stamping, subwelded assembly components and integrated weld tool systems for General Motors Corp. The local, which was chartered in 1958, also includes 2,500 retirees.

Local 1413
Represents workers in Huntsville, Alabama.

Local 1435
UAW Local 1435, located in Perrsyburg, Ohio, represents approximately 2100 active and retired workers at Chrysler's Toledo Machining Plant. We make torque converters and steering columns for a variety of Chrysler vehicles. The local, which received its UAW charter on Jan. 31, 1967, also represents engineering and office workers in the plant.

Local 1457
The Greensburg, Indiana local union that represents workers at ML-KS Bearing Inc.

Local 1590
Chartered in 1968, Local 1590 represents workers at the General Motors Service Parts Operations facility in Martinsburg, W.V.

Local 1714
Located in Lordstown, Ohio, Local 1714 represents 1,000 members who make body panels for the Chevrolet Cobalt.

Local 1796
Established in 1972, UAW Local 1796 was the first academic institution to join the UAW. The local operates at five campuses of Southeastern Michigan's Wayne County Community College. These campuses are located in industrial, rural and metropolitan areas where a major share of Michigan's technical and skilled occupations are located.

Local 1853
This amalgamated local in Spring Hill, Tenn., home of the Saturn, represents over 6,200 UAW members and has a retiree membership of over 520. The local also represents American Food and Vending cafeteria workers, Premier cleaning and support services workers and members at Total Distribution Systems, a supplier to Saturn.

Local 1892
Located in Toledo, Ohio, Local 1892 represents members who work at Ford's Maumee (Ohio) Stamping Plant. The local includes 645 active members and over 200 retired members.

Local 1921
UAW Local 1921 represents about 300 members at the Lockheed-Martin plant in Michoud, La. Workers there make space shuttle fuel tanks for NASA.

Local 1950
The local that represents clerical and technical workers at Northern Michigan University.

Local 1979
On-line home of the 450-member Professional and Administrative Union of Wayne State University. The site includes Local 1979 news and events, as well as contract information and bylaws.

Local 1981
The National Writers Union (NWU) is the only labor union that represents freelance writers in all genres, formats and media. With 3,500 members in 17 local chapters nationwide, the NWU works to advance the economic and working conditions of writers by challenging corporate media giants, lobbying Congress to pass legislation that protects the rights of writers, creating viable solutions to provide publishers fair alternatives to unfair practices and educating and empowering its members.

Local 1999
This is the local that represents General Motors assembly workers in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Includes a wealth of up to date information and features.

Local 2000
Local 2000 represents 2,050 hourly employees and 675 retirees of Ford's assembly plant in Avon Lake, Ohio. The facility produces the Ford Econoline Vans and Mercury Villager.

Local 2069
Located in Dublin, Virginia, Local 2069 represents hourly and salary workers who make Volvo Class-8 road tractors at the New River Valley Plant.

Local 2075 & Local 2147
The 600 active members of UAW Locals 2075 and 2147 work at the General Dynamics facility in Lima, Ohio, where they build the M1-A2 Abrahm tank and other weapon systems for the U.S. military. The locals also represent approximately 1,200 retired members.

Local 2093
The 1,100 members of local 2093 make axles and prop shafts for GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler at American Axle's Three Rivers, Mich., facility. The local also includes over 150 retirees.

Local 2151
The 670 active members of Local 2151 work at the Delphi Corp. plant in Coopersville, Mich., where they make and test world-class fuel injectors for many automotive, motorcycle, marine and agricultural manufacturers. The local also has 200 retirees.

Local 2162
This local represents 115 active UAW members in Reno, Nevada. These proud UAW members work at the General Motors Service Parts Operation (SPO), which warehouses GM parts for dealerships in the Western region. The local was chartered in 1980 and has 300 retirees.

Local 2162
Local 2162 represents about 100 workers at the General Motors Service Parts Operations facility in Reno, Nev.

Local 2166
This Shreveport, Louisiana Local represents workers making the Chevy S-10, GMC Sonoma and the Isuzu Hombre light duty pick-up trucks. About half the members were hired locally and the other half transferred in from other General Motors plants.

Local 2177
The 280 active members of Local 2177 work at the General Motors Service Parts Operations plant in Langhorne, Pa., to bring quality GM parts to area dealers. The local also has 280 retired members.

Local 2195
Located in Athens, Alabama, these members make steering components for Delphi Automotive. They're one of the largest local unions within Delphi.

Local 2209
This Roanoke, Indiana local represents workers at General Motors' Fort Wayne Assembly plant, part of GM's Truck & Bus group.

Local 2269
Members of UAW Local 2269 work at the Volvo Parts Distribution Center near Columbus, Ohio, where they process parts for Volvo’s heavy trucks.

Local 2278
This UAW local is known as the Florida Education Employees' Staff Union. It represents folks who work for teachers' unions in Florida.

Local 2280
The 1,750 active members of Local 2280 work at Ford Motor Company's transmission plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. The local also includes 450 retired members.

Local 2300
This local represents workers at Cornell University and several other organizations in Ithaca, N.Y. The site gives plenty of basic information on what a union is and how it works.

Local 2308
This amalgamated local represents members at Miller Brewing Company in Trenton, Ohio, Reliance Electric in West Chester, Ohio, and Cincinnati Flame Hardening in Fairfield, Ohio.

Local 2320
The National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW), UAW Local 2320, represents the majority of those who work in federally-funded legal services programs across the United States. The local also represents workers in other types of law offices, various human services programs and other agencies.

Local 2322
Local 2322 is an amalgamated local representing some 3,000 workers in Western Massachusetts at 15 workplaces. It's a diverse local, representing people from a wide range of cultural, economic, educational, and national backgrounds, working in jobs that include child care, graduate employees and human service workers.

Local 2324
Represents 600 technical, office and professional workers at Boston University in Boston.

Local 2350
Based throughout the state of California, UAW Local 2350 is the "Union’s Union." Membership is comprised of union representatives/organizers, secretaries, accountants, print machine operators, attorneys, communications specialists and the individuals who staff the internal organizations of CSEA – California State Employee Association which includes The Association of California State Supervisors; SEIU, Local 1000 - State of California Employees; SEIU, Local 2579 - California State University Employees; and The California State Employees Association Retirees, Inc.

Local 2488
This is the local in Bloomington, Illinois, that represents people working for Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing of America, as well as those at Premier Manufacturing Support Services, and GATX Logistics.

Local 2807
Local 2807 represents over 600 UAW members at the Lear plant in Lebanon, Va., who make interior injected-molded door panels, consoles and trim for Chevy, GMC and DaimlerChrysler. They also manufacture and assemble overhead lighting consoles, glove boxes and interior door panel bolsters for various Toyota cars.

Local 2865
This Association of Graduate Student Employees (AGSE/UAW) represents student workers at University of California campuses across the state. The graduate students do most of the teaching, paper grading and other tasks that keep the university running.

Local 2999
Members of Local 2999 work at the Lear Corp. plant in Strasburg, Va., where they build door panels, instrument panels, armrests and other interior trim components for General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and Nissan vehicles.

Local 3000
Local 3000, an amalgamated local with 4,000 members, represents the active and retired workers at AutoAlliance International, Inc., in Flat Rock, Mich., a joint auto assembly venture of Ford Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corporation. At AutoAlliance, we proudly produce two of the world's greatest automobiles, the Mazda 6 and the legendary Ford Mustang. Local 3000 also represents the hard-working hourly employees at Penstone, Inc., Lenawee Stamping Corp., Logistics, Inc., Johnson Controls ands Detroit Auto Auction.

Local 3044
Chartered in February 2003, Local 3044 represents approximately 200 workers at AK Steel in Rockport, Ind., where they make finish steel for the automotive and home appliance industries.

Local 3047
Organized in 2004, Local 3047’s 1,000 members work for Dana Corp., in Elizabethtown, Ky., where they make truck frames for Ford Motor Company.

Local 3050
Local 3050 represents about 150 hourly employees at Autocar in Hagerstown, Ind. We proudly build Class 8 refuse trucks for Autocar. This local was chartered in October 2003

Local 3206
Located in Granite City, Ill., the 400-plus members of Local 3206 make engine cradles at Tower Automotive, a supplier to Ford Motor Company.

Local 3303
Local 3303 proudly represents 1,344 active and 1,570 retired workers who, through their integrity, ingenuity, sacrifices and pride in accomplishment, have elevated AK Steel to a world-class, competitive specialty steel maker. Located in Butler, Pa., Local 3303 was chartered as a union in 1933 and joined the UAW in 2003.

Local 3520
This amalgamated local is made up of 2,000 members who build Class 8 trucks for Freightliner in Cleveland N.C., as well as workers at the Ford parts distribution center in Mebane, N.C.

Local 4911
Formed in 2001, Local 4911 represents 2,300 workers at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich. The local includes technicians (such as x-ray, respiratory), service personnel (such as housekeepers and kitchen staff), LPNs and skilled maintenance workers.

Local 5285
Located in Mt. Holly, N.C., we build the Freightliner Class 6 and Class 7 heavy trucks. The local was chartered in 1991 and proudly represents more than 1,700 active, retired and laid-off union members.

Local 5286
The 800 members of Local 5286 in Gastonia, N.C., fabricate and assemble parts for Freightliner truck plants in Mt. Holly, N.C. (UAW local 5285), Cleveland, N.C. (UAW Local 3520), Portland, Ore., Charleston, S.C., and a Sterling truck plant in Canada.

Local 6000
This site comes from the state workers of Michigan. It not only tells you what the union's up to, but keeps you up to date with what's going on in Michigan and Michigan government, raising public issues that involve us all.

Local 6888
Local 6888 represents approximately 350 office professionals at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Mich. The school's office professionals first organized as an independent union in 1968. They joined the UAW in 1988.

Local 9212
Founded in 1990 as a joint local of the UAW and AFT (American Federation of Teachers), Local 9212 represents 8,500 Indiana state employees in 43 agencies. These include the Indiana Department of Transportation, the Family and Social Services Administration, the Department of Correction and the Department of Natural Resources. Members work in a variety of occupations including skilled trades, correctional officers, police, firefighters, health care and telecommunications.