July 17, 2024
UAW Region 8 Standing Committee Conference To Include Local Union Communication Association
On August 12-18, 2024 UAW Region 8 will be conducting the 2024 Standing Committee Conference at the Tradewinds Resort, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The conference offers training for members who make up the various Standing Committees that make up each local union.
This year Region 8 is pioneering a new group for Standing Committee Conference by including the Local Union Communication Association (LUCA) along with the other standing committees. LUCA is the International UAW’s organization that supports local union communication through training and sharing of information from the regions and international.
The idea to include LUCA came from Region 8 Director Tim Smith and Assistant Director George Palmer. “The International Union is putting an emphasis on communication and we felt in Region 8 we wanted to lead the way by starting with local union communication,” Assistant Director Palmer states. “We are including LUCA so locals who have local union communication can improve their skills and to help locals without communication to build a plan for implementing it.”
The class is being taught by UAW Region 8 Communication Specialist John Davis and Roy Escandon from the UAW Communication Department. John Davis is a GM retiree and handles the website and social media for Region 8. He sits on the LUCA Advisory Council for Region 8 and is the Chair of the Council. Roy is the LUCA Coordinator at the UAW Communication Department.
The class will cover the purpose of communication, how LUCA operates, writing, websites, newsletters, social media and communication planning. Locals that belong to LUCA should send their LUCA representatives and locals without communication could benefit from the class as they prepare to establish communication or enhance communication at their local.
Make your plans today to improve your local’s communication efforts by sending communicators and leadership to take part in the LUCA Class at the 2024 UAW Region 8 Standing Committee Conference.
LUCA membership is free to all UAW local unions. Register your local for LUCA membership here:
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