Campaigning
for Union Office
Federal
Law requires labor organizations to comply with
all reasonable requests of any candidate to distribute
campaign literature, at the candidate's expense,
to members in good standing of the labor organization.
The labor organization must refrain from discrimination
in favor of or against any candidate with respect
to distribution of campaign literature and the
use of lists of members.
Federal Law also prohibits candidates for union
office from utilizing UNION or COMPANY resources
in the conduct of their election campaigns. This
means it is inappropriate to campaign on company
time or use employer (or union) resources such
as paper, copy machines, fax machines, mail or
email. Campaign literature should not be posted
on UNION or COMPANY bulletin boards.
The prohibition
against using employer (or union) resources to promote candidates
for union office applies to ALL situations where resources are
used to promote a candidate(s), regardless of whether the party
using the employer (or union) resource is running for union office.
NOTE: If a candidate wishes to conduct a mailing
to union members, it must be conducted (at the candidate's
expense) by either SPEEA staff or a bonded mailing house.
Mailing labels are never provided directly to a candidate.
4.12
Membership Mailing List -- The membership mailing
list is not given to anyone. It is forwarded to a bonded
mailing service. The membership mailing list does not
leave SPEEA in a legible form. The bonded mailing service
may be used for candidates running for SPEEA office,
members running for public office, and for Executive
Board approved advertisers. The Policy and Procedure
Manual would include traceability to the Executive Board
minutes.
A.
The member can bring in the material to be addressed, rather than
have SPEEA print it.
B. The following is an example of costs. See the SPEEA website
for current costs
Costs
as of January 2004 associated with mailing lists:
1) Staff to prepare labels - $8.40 per thousand
2) Staff to attach labels to envelopes or other postal quality
material – SPEEA charges for actual labor
3) Staff to stuff envelopes - $9.00 per thousand
4) Staff to fold a mailing - $4.20 per thousand
5) Postage – SPEEA charges for actual amount
6) Printing costs - $29.48 per thousand, 1-sided; $51.89 per thousand,
2-sided
7)
Provide envelopes - $19.70 per thousand
8) Send address list to bonded mailing house - $100.00
9) SPEEA mails material with member address labels attached. Does
not provide to a third party to mail.
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