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January's Did You Know? BCBSM UAW Local 2256 101

Happy New Year Brothers and Sister’s! January can be a very hectic month for us here at work. Call volumes and stress volumes are high. Your New Year...

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December's Did You Know? BCBSM UAW Local 2256 101

As we draw closer to the Holiday, your Education Committee wants to remind you of one important truth: Our strength comes from standing together...

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Local 2256's Education and Civil Rights Committees Come Together

On Friday, November 21, our Civil Rights Committee joined our Education Committee for a productive and inspirational field trip to the Walter Reuther...

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We Are the UAW – Potter Park Zoo

Our UAW members perform some of the most fascinating jobs, but sometimes it surprises us to learn that our membersdo that!? At the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan, members from UAW Region 1D, Local 2256 are zookeepers working with some of the world’s most beautiful

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Statement from Local 6000 President Ed Mitchell on Civil Service Rule Changes

Attention UAW Local 6000 Members:

You may have read in the news media of the proposed civil service rule changes that would impact state employees. UAW International is working closely with UAW Local 6000 staff to access the proposal and respond.

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Cover Story: Renegotiating NAFTA

Let’s Have a Trade Agreement that Benefits Working Families

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Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot in 1992 predicted there would be a “gi

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UAW International Executive Board calls for release of unjustly held trade unionists in South Korea

DETROIT, MICH. – The UAW International Executive Board (IEB) on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for the release of unjustly charged and imprisoned trade unionists in Sou

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Recognizing Dad on His Day, June 18: Happy Father’s Day

Today is Father's Day in the U.S., a special day we reserve to honor our fathers and all they do for their families and for society. Father’s Day is celebrated at different times around the world and didn’t become a national holiday here until 1972.

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Learn where to get an America-made US flag this Flag Day

Every June 14, Americans celebrate Flag Day, a day set aside to commemorate the adoption of the American flag by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, the year after the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. 

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