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Welcome to the home page of UAW Local 6888, representing over 300 Office Professionals at Central Michigan
University. CMU's Office Professionals first organized as an independent
union in 1968. In 1988, we joined the UAW. The rest has been history
in the making! Click here to view a timeline of
Local 6888.
Local 6888 is committed to securing economic and social justice for
our members, as outlined in the principals of the International UAW. Our goal is
to uphold the American standard of living according to the needs of our members
and to strive for dignity in the workplace.
This site is dedicated to bringing accurate and up
to the minute information to our membership.
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"I am opposed to 'right to work'
legislation because it does nothing for working people, but instead
gives employers the right to exploit labor"
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New OP Titles
Local 6888’s membership and executive
board members were in agreement that the terms "secretary" and
"clerk" were archaic and did not adequately describe the work
performed by office professionals. In addition, the work performed
by a vast majority of office professionals incorporates both
secretarial and clerical duties. As a result, a committee was formed
to look at office professional titles and job descriptions. The
committee has finalized their study and the membership has approved
their recommendations. While these new titles are not included in
our current contract, the University has told Local 6888 leadership
that we may use these titles in our written and electronic
correspondence, and may refer to our positions using these titles.
Click on the links below to view the new titles and job
descriptions.
OP4
OP5
OP6
OP7
2013
Union-Built Vehicle Guide
In a stunning
reversal of one of the biggest economic downturns since the Bush years, the
auto industry is back, and the UAW is glad to be able to continue to
highlight the best of the domestic auto industry. A number of the cars on
the 2013 Union-Built Vehicles List, and many of the parts going into these
cars, were insourced from other countries. Moving production of these
vehicles to the United States was part of the 2011 collective bargaining
agreements with the domestic automakers. When you buy union-made vehicles
you help support the jobs of auto workers, police officers, firefighters,
teachers, nurses, prison guards and any occupation that relies on local and
state payroll taxes to provide these valuable services. Click
HERE for the 2013 Union-Built Vehicle Guide.
Our adopted U.S. Army platoon has approximately 35 soldiers,
including 5 females. They are deployed from Texas to Afghanistan. Our
soldiers live in buildings, have non-potable running water for bathing and 110V generated power. There is a
Chow Hall available with designated hours, but unfortunately it may not
be open when the soldiers are able to eat. There is no PX Store to
purchase needed items or snacks. Our care packages help to fill this
need
Requested items include: pocket snacks
(nuts, seeds, power/protein/granola bars, dried fruits, jerky, short
slim jims, trail mixes), drink mix singles, pop-top
canned foods, instant oatmeal, tuna/chicken pouches, high protein
food/snacks, condiments (BBQ sauce, ketchup, hot sauce, salsa, etc.),
assorted toiletries, travel size Kleenex packs, feminine hygiene items,
hair ties, combs, lip balm, bath/baby wipes, travel size
sunscreen w/high SPF, anti-itch cream, medicated body/foot powder (for
heat rash), deodorant (non-aerosol), all size batteries (alkaline only),
books, DVD movies, puzzle books, card games, blank greeting cards to
send home, pens, music CD's.
Items that were specially requested:
bottles of blue chalk dust for marking trails, ground coffee and the
fixings (sugar, creamer, stirrers).
Please remember that we may NOT send
anything that contains pork, products that contain alcohol, lithium
batteries, aerosol sprays, or glass containers. Also, during the
summer we should not send chocolate as it will melt.
Collection sites:
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Anspach 105 (Sue Sova)
Moore 340 (Joan McDonald)
EHS Suite 200-Charter Sch (Lori Andersen)
Bovee UC 112 (Tara Novak)
Warriner 308 (Caral Turner)
ET 100 (Karen Bellingar)
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ABSC 250 (Judy Hudecz)
Dow 203 (Gayla Overton)
Health Prof 2219 (Deb Neubecker)
Health Prof 1220 (Jill Ferguson)
Ronan 240 (Lynn White)
Rowe 208 (Barb Torpy)
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THANK YOU for continuing your generous
donations to our soldiers!
Union
- an alliance formed by the joining of many people for a common purpose.
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