Labor & Employment Law

Union Steward?s Guide Is Survival Manual for Labor?s Front Line

By James Parks

Being a union steward is one of the toughest jobs there is. The Union Steward?s Complete Guide 2nd Edition book has become invaluable for tens of thousands of union stewards and members across North America. First published in 1997 and updated and expanded in 2006, the 404-page, fully indexed guide is a survival manual for the labor movement?s front-line troops.

Edited by David Prosten, editor and publisher of ?Steward Update newsletter,? the guide offers procedures for handling a grievance on potential drug abuse to help in dealing with an out-of-control supervisor.

The Union Steward’s Complete Guide is published by Union Communication Services (UCS), based in Annapolis, Md. UCS has just released a catalog of its wide array of union-building tools and publications. Check out the new catalog here.

Noting that effective stewards are key to the growth and success of unions, David Bonior, chairman of the advocacy group American Rights at Work, says “there is no more valuable a tool than:

The Union Steward’s Complete Guide to help these front-line activists in labor’s struggle for workplace justice and dignity.

UCS?s newest publication for union members and leaders is the pamphlet, ?Welcome to the Union,? a long-needed resource to help union officers and stewards explain to new members what being in a union really means. It helps answer some of the most frequently asked questions of new members, including how your union works, your rights and responsibilities and what to do if you have a problem on the job.

To order The Union Steward?s Guide, ?Welcome to the Union? or any other UCS publications, click here.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on November 20, 2010 (boomark / email).