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Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Mitch Stevens
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Building a Stronger Movement Together
Millions of
Members
Millions of
Members
Negotiate Valuable Programs & DiscountsNegotiate Valuable
Programs & Discounts
SharedEconomicsShared
Economics
HardshipAssistanceHardship
Assistance
Strong Labor MovementStrong Labor Movement
Union Plus
Union Plus Mortgage Company
Mutual Benefit Trust
American Income Life
Bank of Labor
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
“Union Plus is that excellent multiplier of value to our union. The wide array of benefits appeal to the young, the old, the part-time worker and the full-time employee. We’re proud to have a partnership and offer Union Plus benefits to potential and current members.”
Joe ChorpenningUFCW Local 700
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
• New member orientation
• New member welcome packet
• Union Plus flyers and brochures
• Union branded giveaways: buttons, keychains, decals
Mary Parker, UFCWUnion Representative
What’s In Your Toolbox?
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Programs for Workers at Every Life Stage
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Young Adults
Anthony Ngo, AFSCMEUnion Plus Auto Buying
Program
20 – 34-year-olds
Union Members in this age group are:
• Mostly male and single
• Nearly 20% of them live at home
• 75% have been members for less than five years
Top Unions
UFCW AFT AFSCME IBEW
LIUNA UAW UNITE HERE IUOE
USW IAFF
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Young Adults
• Free College
• Buy a car
• Wireless discounts
• First time homebuyers
Anthony Ngo, AFSCMEUnion Plus Auto Buying
Program
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Mid-Career
Kimberly Mallow, OPEIU Union Plus Mortgage Program
35 – 55-year-olds
Union Members in this age group are:
• 50% are married
• 60% male/40% female
• 58% homeowners
Top Unions
AFT AFSCME UFCWIBEW
UAW USWLIUNA AFGE
IUOEIAFF
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Mid-Career
• Auto, Home & Life Insurance
• Financial resources such as credit cards and personal loan
• Everyday and Travel Discounts
Kimberly Mallow, OPEIU Union Plus Mortgage Program
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Late Career
Melody Smith, AFSCMEUnion Plus Mortgage Program
55 – 65-year-olds
Union Members in this age group are:
• 59% are married
• 60% male / 40% female
• 70% are homeowners
• 60% have been union members for more than ten years; 47% > 16 years
Top UnionsAFSCME AFT UAW UFCW
USW IBEW IUOE IAM
LIUNA AFGE
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Late Career
• Home buying
• Travel Discounts
• Pre-retirement planning with Personal Loans
Melody Smith, AFSCMEUnion Plus Mortgage Program
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Retirees
Ken Gruberman, AFMUnion Plus Flower Discounts
65 and older• 59% are married
• 68% male/31% female
• 70% are homeowners
• 60% have been union members for more than 20 years; 34% > 30 years
• 31% in this age group are still active members.
Top Unions UAW AFT USWAFSCME
IAM IBEW NPMHU NALC
IUOE CWA
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Retirees
• Life Insurance
• Retiree Health (65+)
• Vacation Tours and Travel
• Education Resources to help kids/grandkids
Ken Gruberman, AFMUnion Plus Flower Discounts
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Sticking Together with Union MembersHARDSHIP ASSISTANCE
• Mortgage Assistance
• Strike/Job Loss
• Disability
• Hospital Grant
• Disaster Relief
FINANCIAL PROGRAMS
• Personal Loan Program
• Credit Counseling
• Medical Bill Negotiator
• Legal Services
Demond Stanley, AFSCME Union Plus Disaster Relief
Grant
SCHOLARSHIPS:
• $150,000 Annually
• $4.3 Million Total
$24 Million in Assistance
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Free College
• Free College pioneered by AFSCME in 2016
• 15,000 Students in Spring 2019 term — from all 50 states
• $50 million in last dollar scholarships since inception
Lorraine Llauger, IBEW Union Plus Free College
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Eastern Gateway’s students have transferred to over 300 public and private universities, colleges, and community colleges all across the United States.
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
AT&T Wireless
• The only nationwide unionized wireless carrier
• The largest full-time union workforce of any company in America
• AT&T Signature Program provides special savings to union members through Union Plus
John Foisy, IUOE Union Plus Wireless
Discounts
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
Easy as 1,2,3…
1. TEXT UNION TO 22555
2. Visit the app store –
download Union Plus Deals
3. Register on unionplus.org. Click the “For Union Leaders” tab, for information on how to order free materials.
Lead the Way by Getting Connected
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
1. Promote to members and local unions weekly
2. Share Union Plus content online monthly
3. Invite Union Plus to events quarterly
4. Ordering free promotional material annually
Membership Has its Benefits: Maximizing the Union’s Value for Members
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