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This committee investigates all complaints of violations of the International Union's policy of no discrimination. They also promote Fair Employment Practices and endeavor to eliminate discrimination affecting the welfare of the individual members of the Local Union, the International Union, the Labor Movement and the Nation.
We can be contacted in the plant by calling 734-481-6553.
- Richard Roach - Chair
- Bryant Thomas - Co-Chair
- Marvin Mays
- Dave Downie - Board Liaison
Understanding Diversity
Understanding diversity in the workplace begins with the recognition that "out of many, we are one."
This concept may be best understood by imagining yourself and the people you work with as patches in a quilt. No two patches are alike in weave, color or cloth. Instead, the quilt is made of wool, silk and gabardine pieces sewn together with study hands and a strong cord - a thing of beauty and power bound by a common thread.
Our differences are our strengths,
as we all work together toward the same goals.
In the workplace and our communities, diversity refers to the differences we recognize in ourselves and other, such as:
- Gender
- Culture
- Race
- Ethnicity
- Age
- Religion
- Sexual orientation
- Physical and mental abilities or challenges
Diversity is further defined to recognize differences relating to our workplace relations, such as:
- Management vs. non-management
- Union vs. non-union
- Headquarters vs. field office
- Techies vs. non-field office
- Employees with families vs. single employees
As you identify differences, you should note that diversity is not about becoming like one another. It is not about melting into one multi-colored, multi-cultural population. Nor is it about requiring people to like one another. When we value diversity, we seek to integrate, not assimilate our differences until the differences don't make a difference anymore.
Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041)
We the UAW Local 735 Civil and Human Rights Committee are asking our members and their families to tell the U.S. Senate to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. Senate Bill S-1041. With your help, the Employee Free Choice Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 241 to 185. Now we need your help to get the bill through the U.S. Senate. Call this number 1-800-774-8941 today to tell the senators from your states to restore workers' freedom to bargain for a better life. Please call your senator and urge your senators to support the Employee Free Choice Act (S. 1041) if you live or have family and friends who live in the following states; Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon or Pennsylvania. If you want more information on this bill, you can visit Employee Free Choice Act Org.