Leadership Through Member Engagement

Provides ongoing educational training and development workshops for union members and delegates, including specialized ADM training programs to support capacity building and leadership development within the union.

Regularly distributes tangible benefits to union members, including personal protective equipment (PPE), to support their safety and well-being in the workplace.

Operates and maintains office facilities used for member meetings and executive board meetings, providing essential infrastructure for union governance and member engagement.

Offers free educational classes to union members and their families to support professional growth and union engagement.

Engages in collective bargaining to negotiate, ratify, and maintain collective bargaining agreements and memoranda of agreement across a range of institutions including non-profits, educational institutions, and cultural organizations. Examples include agreements with the ACLU (2023–2028), Anthology Film Archives (2024–2027), Brooklyn Friends School (2024–2029), and the Center for Reproductive Rights (2021–2025 and 2025–2029).

Conducts organizing campaigns to unionize workers who have not previously been represented, with a focus on women and employees in non-profit organizations.

Makes collective bargaining agreements and memoranda of agreement publicly accessible to members and the public, including for institutions such as the Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Represents over 3,000 workers across 30 contracts in sectors including higher education, publishing, museums, law firms, and other office settings. The represented workforce includes teachers, secretaries, administrators, editors, librarians, curators, and graphic artists.

Organizes advocacy efforts urging members to contact senators in support of confirming NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran. Advocates broadly for jobs with good wages, benefits, strong job security, and safety and health protections, and works to raise living standards and combat injustice in workplaces and communities for members and their families.

Hosts an intensive work-study Fellowship Program from October 2026 through May 2027 to develop UAW members into union leaders and educators, requiring full attendance at all scheduled in-person and virtual sessions. The program has trained over 600 UAW members since the late 1970s.

Covers all lodging, food, and program costs for selected UAW members and their families to attend a one-week educational and recreational conference at Black Lake, with partial reimbursement for travel expenses.

Organizes the UAW Health & Safety Conference, including rescheduling the 2026 event to October 11–16, 2026 due to severe flooding in Northern Michigan, and providing priority registration to nearly 200 previously registered delegates from local unions.

Organizes workers and negotiates first contracts on their behalf, such as the historic first contract ratified for Volkswagen members and the representation of 800 workers at Woodward MPC in joining the UAW to secure a fair contract.

Offers comprehensive health care benefits including hospitalization, medical, surgical, prescription, dental, optical, life insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage to eligible participants. The plan covers nearly 1,000 workers and their families across approximately 27 workplaces in New York and New Jersey.

Writes, joins, and authors amicus briefs in high-impact legal cases to advance gender equality, reproductive freedom, and civil rights, including cases on abortion access, racial and sex discrimination in housing and employment, and the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals.

Creates and distributes comprehensive legal resources, including the Women's Economic Equality Legal Toolkit for New York State, state-by-state employment rights guides for survivors, and model curricula for judicial education, to support advocates, survivors, and legal professionals.

Operates a no-cost legal helpline offering information, referrals, and assistance to women and girls facing violations of their physical and economic rights in workplaces, schools, and homes.

Conducts strategic litigation to remove legal barriers for survivors of gender-based violence, challenge sex discrimination in employment and education, and protect reproductive rights, including cases involving workplace discrimination, non-consensual drug testing, and access to abortion. Litigation efforts include landmark cases under Title IX and Title VII.