Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and county mandates and the impact that these restrictions will have on the upcoming local union elections, USW International Executive Board have sent guidelines that we will use to be able to conduct nominations and elections to ensure the entire local membership has full opportunity to participate and nominate their candidate selections while following protocols to ensure the safety and well-being of the local union membership.
The current election rules as outlined in the Local Union Elections Manual requires that nominations for local union office must come “from the floor” at the local union meeting during the March 2021 membership meeting. Due to county mandates currently in effect we are unable to safely have an in-person nomination meeting. Instead, we will be accepting written nomination submissions to the Recording Secretary on March 11, 2021 from 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM to be turned in at the union hall.
This is a onetime modification based solely on the COVID-19 meeting restrictions and will not be considered a permanent amendment to the current election rules. We will be sending notices to your address on record with the company (Bishop Wisecarver, RTW, or UPI) and will post any upcoming information on union website as well as the Rank and File. If you have any questions please call the union hall.
Due to the expected high volume, if no one answers leave a message and it will be returned.
