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For presidents, secretary-treasurers and executive boards running a local's office.
OfficersHow to choose union management software: a buyer's guide for unions
What union management software should do for your union, the questions to ask every vendor, how pricing works, and how to move your records over safely.
OfficersUnfair labor practices: what counts as a ULP and how a union files a charge
What an unfair labor practice is, common examples by employers and unions, how to file a ULP charge with the NLRB or a state board, and what happens next.
OfficersRobert's Rules of Order for union meetings: a plain-English guide
How to run a union meeting with Robert's Rules of Order: making motions, the order of business, point of order, tabling, reconsidering, and a free cheat sheet.
OfficersLM-2, LM-3 and LM-4: a treasurer's guide to union financial reports
Which LM report your union files, when it's due, what goes in the LM-2, LM-3 and LM-4, how to file in EFS, and the mistakes that cause trouble with OLMS.
OfficersHow to take minutes at a union meeting, with an example
How to take meeting minutes at a union membership or board meeting: what to include, how to record motions and votes, a full example, and a free template.
OfficersPublic employment relations boards (PERBs) by state: a guide for public-sector unions
What a public employment relations board (PERB) does, which state board covers public-sector unions where you work, and when to go to the NLRB or FLRA instead.
OfficersUnion officer positions: what the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and trustees do
The officer positions most unions have, what the president, vice president, recording secretary, treasurer and trustees do, and how union officers are elected.
OfficersWhat is a collective bargaining agreement? A guide to your union contract
What a collective bargaining agreement is, what a typical union contract covers, how to read one, and how contracts are bargained, enforced and renewed.
OfficersTypes of strikes and picket line rules: a guide for union officers
Economic, unfair labor practice, wildcat and sympathy strikes explained, with the picket line rules, notice requirements and strike pay basics officers need.
OfficersHow union contract negotiations work: from bargaining survey to ratification vote
How union contract negotiation works, step by step: the bargaining survey, proposals, bargaining sessions, impasse, the tentative agreement and ratification.