This is a very helpful guide for how to run or participate in a union meeting -- not just the formal procedures, but the realities, like how to set an agenda, how to deal with people who just love to hear themselves speak and how to boost attendance, for example. 111 pages paperback

Parliamentary Procedure and Effective Union Meetings

Gene Daniels

Larry Casey

Business & Money

Union Communication Services

This incredibly helpful new manual for union negotiators explains both the fundamentals and the details of costing a collective agreement to prepare for and conduct your contract negotiations. It describes the principal ways that contract costs are calculated and expressed by negotiators, and guides you through the process of accurately calculating average wages for your bargaining unit - for contracts with step progression and those without. Chapters in the manual explain how to analyze and calculate the value of contractual benefits: overtime pay, shift differentials and other hourly premium payments; holidays, vacations, personal days and leave time; health, dental, disability and life insurance plans; pensions and savings programs; and other kinds of benefits found in many union agreements. 106 pages paperback with accompanying CD

Contract Costing for Union Negotiators (with CD)

Spatz, Donald

Updated in 2014, this plain-spoken guide will help leaders evaluate their goals and revitalize their unions. Intended for officers who are committed to doing things differently than their predecessors, Just Elected walks the reader through steps that will mobilize members and breathe vitality into the union. The labor movement isn't about servicing workers, Barry says, it's about building a sustainable workers' organization- and he shows you how to do it. In straight-forward language the author explains how to create a union that can be strong, grow and thrive in any environment. Chapters explain the organizing model (vs. the servicing model) of unionism; how to do the kind of strategic planning needed to build your union; analyze the various functions of the union and its finances, and build a communications network that involves and rallies the members. It explains the laws you have to look out for, how to deal with other officers and union staff, and how to organize yourself to do what needs to be done to pull it together and make it all work. Bill Barry is a veteran union activist and, until recently, labor studies program director at the Community College of Baltimore County's Dundalk campus, where he taught leadership skills, organizing, labor law, political action and other core subjects. If you're a local officer who seriously wants to see your union become more effective, this book is a good place to start.

I Just Got Elected--Now What?: A New Union Officer's Handbook

Bill Barry

Pocket reference of information for union stewards.

Steward's Pocket Reference & Diary

Union Communication Services Inc

Economics

What can unions do as the Great Recession ravages workers and their unions and threatens to destroy decades of collective bargaining gains? What must local union leaders do to help their laid-off members, protect those still working, and prevent the gutting of their hard-fought contracts--and their very unions themselves? How, in fact, can local union leaders seize the time and turn crisis into opportunity? Bill Barry, director of labor studies at the Community College of Baltimore County and a 40-year veteran of the movement, calls on his long history of activism and years of "what works, what doesn't" discussions with other leaders to come up with a plan to survive these terrible times and even use this crisis to build a better future.  The second edition has been updated with an important chapter addressing the assault on public sector unions.

Union Strategies for Hard Times, 2nd Edition: Helping Your Members and Building Your Union in the Great Recession

First published in 1997, this has become the workplace bible for tens of thousands of union stewards across North America. Fully illustrated and indexed, the second edition, published in 2006 and updated in 2013, offers hands-on counsel on problems and concerns ranging from the basics of grievance handling to dealing with difficult supervisors or co-workers to ways of increasing membership involvement in the union. New and updated material reflect contemporary workplace concerns ranging from computers and privacy issues to the ways in which the union steward can best represent the interests of an increasingly diverse membership. The chapter on Handling Common Grievances and Disciplines has been greatly expanded and is sure to be of help to overworked stewards, and the revised format of the book itself will make for even easier reading.The Guide is designed for new stewards and veterans alike. Like the first edition, it is based on the popular Steward Update newsletter, read regularly by more than 80,000 stewards across North America. The original edition won praise from leading labor educators and in publications ranging from the AFL-CIO's America@Work magazine ("provides lively details on the range of stewards' duties") to SEIU Action ("thorough and very readable"), to the Milwaukee Labor Press ("the ultimate handbook...it contains everything you need to know about being on the union's front line") and the Detroit Labor News ("an outstanding resource for new and veteran union activists"). Contributors include Pat Thomas, Jim Young and Ken Margolies.

The Union Steward's Complete Guide, 2nd Edition Updated

David Prosten

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