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Building the power we need to succeed

Success in everything we do…

Everything depends on this: Are the members on board ?

• Bargaining better contracts
• Beating concessions
• Winning strikes
• electing politicians that support workers and unions

Our power is in our numbers

So if local union leaders are only talking to their activists, and missing most of the rest of the members, our power will be as small as the numbers we’re talking to.

“Stronger Together” is a 3-Step tool to help you connect with the rest of your members.

#1.) Assess your local – How many members are you reaching now? #2.) Set specific goals to increase your member outreach #3.) Plan the steps you’ll take to reach those goals

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• Inside you‘ll find:
• Step # 1 “Evaluation”
• Step # 2 “Setting goals”
• Step # 3 “A Plan to reach your goals”
• Worksheets to fill in at each step.

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• Put Stronger Together on your next Executive Agenda
• Schedule one hour for this agenda point
• At the meeting, each Exec member needs a Tool Kit
• Having been here today, you should volunteer to lead the discussion
• GO through each step, filling in the workbooks, together.

Step ep #1 #1

Evaluate your local’s direct membership contact

St Step ep # 1 # 1: Eval aluation

• Step #1 Evaluate how many of your members you are reaching and

how you do it.

• (Hint: Ask this question first)
• Do we have an up-to-date, complete list of all members including

name, home address, telephone # and email address?

• If the answer is “No” then, by definition, you’re not reaching your

members, and your first “goal” in Step #2 is “get the list.” In Step #3, the first item in your “plan” is: Ask your National Rep to help you make a formal written request to the employer to get the list.

Step ep #2 #2

Set membership engagement goals

St Step ep #2 #2 - Se Setting G g Goal

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Stronger Together is about actually talking to our members. One of the best ways to do that is at your membership meeting, but that only works if the member comes to the meeting. That’s why your Step #2 Goals should include a target for increasing the number of members who attend your meetings. e.g. If you usually get 10 members, How about a goal of 20?

• IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FULLY SUCCEED AT STRONGER TOGETHER IF YOU

DO NOT HAVE THE NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE # AND EMAIL OF ALL YOUR MEMBERS.

Step ep #3 #3

Create an internal commun- ication plan

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• This “Plan” is a list of things you’ll do, and when, to reach your goals.
• If your Step #2 goal is “Double attendance at meetings” the

Communication Plan under Step #3 is the list of who does what, and when to meet that goal.

• E.g. * The President sends a personal email invite to every member. * The
• ther Executive members divide up the membership list and each Exec mbr

speaks to, or calls, their list of 10 or 20 mbrs inviting them to the next

• meeting. * Twice a year, the Exec mails each member an update letter on

issues affecting your local and a 6 month calendar with all the meeting dates and locations, including the annual “Pot-Luck-Dinner meeting.”

• Fred and Candace and the CUPE Ontario Executive Board and CUPE

staff cannot do Stronger Together for you.

• The Stronger Together tool kit only works if you and your Local

Executive members actually sit down and use the kit as described.

• If you do the three steps, and follow through, YOU WILL HAVE

POSITIVE RESULTS.

• When we say Stronger Together ”together”means everybody.
• And “Everybody” includes all CUPE’s racialized members.
• If we want all of our members to be involved, then we need to take the first

step by being serious about equality and anti-racism.

• That’s why CUPE ON is asking members to challenge White Supremacy and

why, internally, we’re launching AROAP, the Anti-Racism Organizational Action Plan.

• When we say “Together,” we’re serious.

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