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CLUW
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Coalition of Labor Union Women
Founded March 24, 1974
Country United States
Head union Marsha Zakowski, president
Affiliation AFL-CIO
Office location Washington, D.C.
Website www.cluw.org

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CLUW has four goals:

Contents

History

CLUW was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1974 as part of a wave of constituency group organizing within the AFL-CIO. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The AFL-CIO had chartered its first retiree organization, the National Council of Senior Citizens (NCSC), in 1962 and its first civil rights organization, the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), in 1965. The Alliance for Retired Americans is a Nonprofit, Nonpartisan organization of retired Trade Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The A Philip Randolph Institute (APRI is an organization for African American Trade unionists Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) followed in 1972. The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU is a Nonprofit, Nonpartisan organization of African Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

The impetus for the formation of CLUW came in June 1973 when women labor union leaders, led by Olga Madar of the United Auto Workers and Addie Wyatt of the United Food and Commercial Workers met to discuss the formation of a new AFL-CIO body to create a more effective voice for women in the labor movement. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Template talkInfobox Union for usage -->The United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Addie L Wyatt ( née Cameron (b 28 March 1924; Brookhaven Mississippi) is known for being the first African-American woman elected international The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1 More than 3,000 women attended the conference.

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Olga Madar was elected the organization's first president.

Structure and governance

CLUW is governed by its membership. The membership meets in a biennial convention in October in odd-numbered years. Members may belong to any labor union, and be active or retired. Provisions exist for associate membership for those who are not union members or on long-term layoff. members must belong to a local chapter, or, when no local chapter exists, be a member at-large. National unions and local chapters may elect one delegate to the national convention for every five CLUW members. The membership discusses and sets policy, and elects the officers and board of directors of the organization.

CLUW has five national officers: A president, executive vice president, treasurer, recording secretary, and a corresponding secretary. There are also 12 vice presidents. The president-emeritus, executive vice-president emeritus, officers and vice presidents comprise a National Executive Board (NEB).

The CLUW constitution also provides for a National Officers Council. The Council comprises the members of the NEB, state vice-presidents,[2] state alternate vice-presidents,[2] union delegates,[3] chapter presidents[4] and chapter delegates. [4] The Council governs CLUW in the period between conventions. Its rulings and policies are binding unless reversed by the convention. The Council meets three times a year.

CLUW has both state and local chapters. The NEB is empowered to charter new chapters, and Article XIII of the CLUW constitution governs the conditions under which they may be established. Currently, there are about 75 CLUW chapters in the U. S. and Canada, with members in about 60 international American and Canadian unions. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

In 2005, Marsha Zakowski, a member of the United Steelworkers, was elected CLUW president. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied Industrial

Programs

CLUW holds educational conferences the day before each NEB meeting. The conferences cover a wide variety of topics, from equal pay to organizing new workers to family-friendly collective bargaining language.

In 1979, CLUW established the CLUW Center for Education and Research. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The center is a nonprofit entity which provides education and training programs to CLUW members. The goal of the Center is to train members to become more effective advocates for working women in the workplace and the labor movement.

CLUW also sponsors a number of women's health initiatives. These cover breast and cervical cancer awareness and a project to increase access to contraception.

Trivia

Joyce Miller, a vice president of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, was elected president of CLUW in 1977. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was a United States labor union known for its support for "social unionism" and progressive political causes Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays In 1980, she was elected a vice president of the AFL-CIO and became the first woman to sit on the federation's executive council. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)

Notes

  1. ^ Fink, Biographical Dictionary of American Labor, 1984, p. 591.
  2. ^ a b Article VIII of the CLUW constitution provides for the election of "state vice presidents" and their alternates in each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and all U. S. territories with fifty (50) or more regular CLUW members.
  3. ^ Article XII, Section 7, outlines the proportional representation and election procedures for international union delegates.
  4. ^ a b Article X outlines the proportional representation and election procedures for chapter delegates.

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