Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...campaign was organized by the International Union but the present drive is being conducted entirely by the Local, with half of the expenses borne by the parent organization. Local 254, the largest in the International, has a $40,000-50,000 treasury, part of which is reserved to finance organizing work...
...size of the Local's coffers and the salaries of its officers and staff are a bone of contention for many prospective members. HUERA dues are only 25 cents per month, while Local 254 charges its members $2.50 monthly. "We'd have to get a lot back from the AFL to make up for what we would be losing," says HUERA Treasurer Standing...
...Local 254 regards its paid, full-time employees as a decisive factor in its favor, however. "The president of the HUERA is a janitor," notes Sullivan, a recent graduate of the Trade Union Program of the Graduate School of Business Administration. "That's the main difference. We are professionals, working all day, everyday for our members." He adds that officers who are not financially dependent upon the University could bargain more freely...
Sullivan emphasizes the "day-to-day relationship" of his agents and the Local's members. "When there's a borderline grievance case, we take the member's side, and take it up with the management right away," he says...
They claim that the group offers each member a bigger voice than he could have in the large local union, in which University employees would have only a representative on the executive board...