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 UAW Local 1999 carries on in the proud UAW tradition of working to improve conditions in the community. In 2005, members contributed through the Local over $50,000. Additionally, members of Local 1999 contributed over $200,000 to United Way through payroll deductions. Building community requires more than money. Hours of work in the community are required. We do this year in and year out. Over a quarter million dollars in charity came from our members in 2004.
As a result of joint UAW-GM agreements, our members have had many avenues for contributing their time, talents and resources to the community. Over 38,000 hours donated to the American Red Cross; uncounted hours to the Heart Walk, Latino Community Development Agency, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade build community across ethnic and racial boundaries. We currently provide over 22,000 hours a week to approved agencies in the community.
Other tangible contributions from our members include 663 units of blood donated last year, 250 needy children cared for through Adopt-a-Child, 500 winter coats collected; all this the result of the care, concern and action of our individual members. With idling of production, our members are now placed in over 125 local agencies. They bring to these agencies their strong work ethic, dedication to quality, and their deep commitment to making the Oklahoma City area a better place for everybody.
Communication
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What UAW Local 1999 Believes
"We hold these truths to be self-evident; expressive of the ideals and hopes of the workers who come under the jurisdiction of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW: ‘that all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men and women, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.’ Within the orderly process of such government lies the hope of the worker in advancing society toward the ultimate goal of social and a worker in advancing society toward the ultimate goal of social and economic justice. The precepts of democracy require that workers, through their Union, participate meaningfully in making decisions affecting their Union, participate meaningfully in making decisions affecting their welfare and that of the communities in which they live."
Why UAW Local 1999 Exists
Essential to the UAW’s purpose is to afford the opportunity for workers to master their work environment; to achieve not only improvement in their economic status, but, of equal importance, to gain from their labors a greater measure of dignity, of self-fulfillment, and self-worth. Extending these gains in dignity, self-fulfillment and self-worth to the community is an integral part of the objective of the labor movement to which the UAW belongs.
Who We Are
UAW Local 1999 members are those hourly employees of General Motors who, until it was closed, work at the Oklahoma City manufacturing plant. The members elect the leadership of UAW Local 1999 from among their members for three-year terms. The embodiment of democracy, all decisions made by leadership are subject to review of the membership.
The Challenge
Because not everyone shares in the UAW’s beliefs, because not everyone supports the UAW’s purpose, achieving our purpose and bringing our beliefs into action sometimes results in conflict. The challenge to UAW members is to use that conflict to achieve our aims, not thwart them.
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