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Why Do We Work With Labor Unions?
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Because we still need them! Historically and structurally, unions have found a role when large numbers of employees believe that they have more power in their relationship with their employer if they band together than they would if they were not in a union. In our current environment, where laws are devolving in an effort to reserve profits for a small minority, the workers are often the scapegoats as leadership cashes in on their own failure. Local presidents can not continue to live in a uptopia world...
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OurView
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The Past Leads To The Future. As trends in technology, unions need to rethink how to structure their locals to not only handle these emerging trends, but to take advantage of them. Old school union communications will not work. Less then 10% of most local memberships attends monthly meetings, most locals can not afford newsletters, less then 50% of union locals have websites, and the ones that have websites; most our outdated. Unions that are highly motivated and cohesive in their goals can use technolog...
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Services
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Union Connect helps unions stay on top of emerging technologies, advising them on how to create and implement robust communication strategies that complement and support union goals. Union Connect typically works on a retainer basis with unions, starting with a minimum of a three-month engagement. The union receives a pre-determined number of consulting hours each month, which can also be applied to communications, email distribution, social networks, and communication redistribution. A large, local unio...
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CR
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Technology, membership, and the distribution of information are all changing at breakneck speeds, and unions are not keeping pace. Unions must learn to change and evolve with this new technology. Communication redistribution is about evaluating the past, present and future trends and bringing them together. Working together with different generations, technologies and ideologies is a new kind of union one that is distributed, collaborative, agile and better positioned to grow. 2009 Union Connect About Us.
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Speaking
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Whether you’re kicking off a major event or sitting down for a union leadership brainstorming session, Rick Alexander can help energize your union. He combines thought-provoking visions of the future with practical advice for the present. Rick is inspiring and entertaining, while at the same time eminently approachable. Rick has presented to a wide variety of public and private organizations. Ricks audiences usually fall into one of two groups:. Creating A Coherent Communication Redistribution Strategy.
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Results
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Outcome of Communication Redistribution. Unions can expect new results and increased membership participation. Unions that become more adaptive to its memberships needs through technology, will create symbiotic relationships as membership communication becomes more accepted. Traditional thinking must understand and see the value of bi-lateral communication, by embracing communication redistribution. By developing an integrated system, unions can benefit. 2009 Union Connect About Us. What We Think About.
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Mem
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For Membership To Grow In The Union, Unions Must Change The Way They Communicate. Membership networks will be the basic fundamental way to communicate with other members, other locals, districts and national unions. The unions that accept this technology and develop systems to communicate with redistribution will benefit greatly, by having better informed members, better connected relationships; providing unions with a better chance of succeeding in their goals, causes and issues. Union Connects goal is ...
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Education
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In 2008, 37.5 percent of union workers had a four-year college degree. Also, 49.4 percent of all unionized women had a four-year college degree or more. Political goals and workforce education can be better achieved by educating the membership about the process and the opportunities. They have with more knowledge. 2009 Union Connect About Us. What We Think About. Rick Alexander - CEO and President. Dallas, Texas - Corporate Office. Mark Perry - Vice President and COO. Connecting Unions To Membership.
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News
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News From Around the Union World. December 3, 2009. Listen and read how AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka proposes to create jobs in America. November 25, 2009. Current Senate Health Care Bill Falls Short for Middle Class Families. From CWA National News. 2009 Union Connect About Us. What We Think About. Rick Alexander - CEO and President. Dallas, Texas - Corporate Office. Mark Perry - Vice President and COO. Brad Stribling - Director of Marketing and Public Relations. Connecting Unions To Membership.
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Collaboration
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Collaboration Leads To Better Relationships. Communication Redistribution is a model to provide unions the ability to create benefits and value to the membership through participation. Instead of giving membership the option to op-in to receive information, unions must provide full systems that are bi-directional communications, thus giving strength to the entire union. The framework to successful communications can be optimized by providing a few elements:. Bringing union relationships with membership t...
