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Unifor locals have an important role to play in reaching out to new groups of workers through our new union’s unique idea of community chapters.
The Unifor Founding Convention adopted a plan to create a new category of membership non-traditional workers called community chapters. This means that groups of workers who have different workplaces, precarious working conditions or who are unemployed can work together through Unifor to improve their situation.
The first step in setting up a community chapter in your local is to identify groups of people who represent a natural extension of your own membership. It could be workers in a connected workplace who are not organized, support staff who work on contract or in part-time positions, temporary workers or workers in the broader community.
Your local would assist the group in doing further outreach to members, getting the support they need to continue with the project and drafting a plan of action. To adopt a chapter, your local will need to amend its bylaws and decide if the chapter will have a seat on the executive.
Once the community chapter is formed, your role will be to involve those members in the activities of your local, assist them with overseeing their finances and finding ways to support their goals.
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To discuss how you might start forming a community chapter, get in touch at @email.
