ACTIVE STANDING COMMITTEE LIST

*BY-LAWS COMMITTEE:  The By-Laws Committee is responsible for submitting original or amended by-laws provisions to the local union membership for discussion and approval. The committee also monitors the required Local union by-laws amendment procedure to ensure compliance with the current by-laws and constitutional provisions. The committee meets when necessary. Chair: Walter Robinson Jr., Co. Chair: Vicki Murphy, Co. Chair: Stacey Jordan.

*CAP COMMITTEE:  The Citizenship and Legislative Committee is most often referred to as the Community Action Program (CAP). This committee is responsible for identifying and helping with voter registration, get-out-to-vote drives, letter writing campaigns, and publicizing the issues and positions of public officials. The committee meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 10:00 a.m. Chair: Lucius Ballard, Co.Chair: Tiffanie Simmons, Co.Chair: Tarell Holloway.

*CHAPLAINCY COMMITTEE:  The Chaplaincy Committee represents all faiths and uses their mission to render aid and assistance to our brothers and sisters in cases of illness, death, or distress, and in every way acquit him/her as a loyal and devoted member of the International Union. We meet at 10:00 a.m. on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Chair: Charlotte Hoskins, Co. Chair: Jeremiah Hall, Co. Chair: Judy Reynolds.

*CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE: The Civil and Human Rights Committee is responsible to fulfill the Local union’s commitment to assure members full rights regardless of religion, race, creed, color, sex, political affiliation, national origin, age, disability, marital status or sexual orientation.  The committee helps those members who believe their rights have been violated.  The committee also works toward the elimination of discrimination in the workplace, the community, and the nation.  The committee meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at 10:00a.m.  Chair: Shauna Lewis, Co. Chair: Khary Liddell, Co. Chair: Tarell Holloway.

*COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE:  The Community Service Committee performs the important task of getting help for members and their families in time of need.  The committee works through public and private organizations to assure that members faces with problems in emergency situations get relief when needed.  The committee meets the 2nd Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m.  Chair: Ebony Kennedy, Co. Chair: Stacy Tompkins, Co. Chair: Patty Martin.

*CONSERVATION AND RECREATION COMMITTEE:  The Conservation and Recreation Committee is responsible for activities that fall into two categories: recreation, which includes leisure time activities, and conservation, which includes environmental concerns. This committee meets when necessary. Chair: Roger Marion, Co. Chair: Lucius Ballard, Co.Chair: Donnie Shawanibin.

*EDUCATION COMMITTEE:  The Education Committee is charged with building the power of the movement through educating and training union members. Members of this committee determine the needs of the membership, present a plan to local leadership such as providing classes, material, and information based on these needs. A member wanting to learn about the Union, the Education Committee is a great place to start! We meet at 10:30 a.m. on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Chair: Scott Bachmann, Co.Chair: Monique Fowler, Co.Chair: Shaun Walczak, Financial Secretary: Bailey Hodge, Recording Secretary: Dennis Harmon.

*ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:  The Organizing Comittee is responsible for creating a member driven labor movement.  This includes: growing the membership, mobilizing action drives, and building networks.  The goal is to educate fellow workers to resolve their work place issues through collective bargaining.

*UNION LABEL COMMITTEE:  The Union Label Committee is responsible for educating the membership on products that are union made.  The committee also brings attention to the membership of products that are on the “boycott” list and encourage the membership to support these boycotts.  The committee meets when necessary.  Chair: Charles Corley, Co. Chair: Roger Marion, Co. Chair: Judy Reynolds.

*VETERAN'S COMMITTEE:  The Veterans Committee is charged with advocating for the concerns of our members who served our Country in the Armed Forces.  The committee offers help with disability and other paperwork every other Monday at the Local.  Our committee is a major contributor to the Fisher House of Michigan project. We meet at 11:00 a.m. on the 2nd Sunday of each month.  Chair: Mike Larson, Co. Chair: India McKinney, Co.Chair: Charlotte Hoskins

*WOMEN'S COMMITTEE:  The Women’s Committee (with a few good men), work to promote women in the work place as well as in the society.  We encourage women to be active in Local, national and community causes and programs. The committee meets directly after the general membership meeting on the 2nd Sunday of every month at 11:30 a.m. Chair: Tiffanie Simmons, Co. Chair: Myeshya Howze, Co.Chair: Carmen Moore.