Women and Human Rights Department
The Struggle
Continues
THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
REFLECTS THE IAM'S commitment to
the fight against discrimination of all
types. The Human Rights Department
ensures minorities and women are free
from discrimination in employment,
education, training and housing. The
Department fights workplace
discrimination and assures equal
opportunity for all minorities and
women within the IAM.
The Human Rights Department
maintains ties with the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP); the A. Philip
Randolph Institute (APRI); the National
Rainbow Coalition (NRC) and the
Labor Council for Latin American
Advancement.
Director
Charlotte Sund
Administrative
Secretary
Marilyn Jones
THE WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT
DEMONSTRATES THE IAM'S
commitment to women in the
workforce. Delegates to the 1996
Grand Lodge Convention unanimously
approved creation of a department to
promote women's issues and keep
members informed about the problems
facing today's working women.
The Women's Department encourages
women to take active, leading roles at
all levels of the IAM. The IAM Women's
Department works closely with the
Coalition of Labor Union Women
(CLUW) and other organizations
promoting women in the workforce.
>Women
Director
Cheryl Eastburn
Administrative
Secretary
Bridget
Fitzgerald
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Court ruled that all workers have the right to union Because of a 1975 case in which the U.S. Supreme representation when a supervisor or boss asks for Why?information that could be used as the basis for discipline. This decision gave workers and unions specific rights called Weingarten Rights (from the name of the case). All IAM members in your workplace should know about them.Anything close to this statement will do. Any further attempt by a boss to ask questions is illegal until a steward arrives. If management denies a request for union representation, this is an unfair labor practice and the member may refuse to answer any questions.
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