All UC employees pay money to the union, but that doesn’t automatically make you a member. Here you can find the membership application form, calculate the difference in cost between being a non-member fair share fee-payer and being a union member, and discover some of the benefits of joining (voting privileges and more).

We invite CUE members to join in building a strong union. Your help is needed in many ways. Here are some of the ways you can participate, but joining is the best place to start. Please contact the campus representatives listed in this Web Page to say you would like to help with one or more of the following tasks.

• Distributing information to co-workers and making sure that their priorities are known to CUE.
  
• Continuing efforts to survey the needs of clericals on every campus.
  
• Researching the issues -- from wages to health and safety; from layoff rights to reclassification and subcontracting; and so many more...
  
• Developing and expanding CUE’s structure so that we can continue as an open and effective organization that truly represents us. We need a union that is both strong and democratic!
  
• Finding new and effective ways to remind or convince co-workers that their membership today is the key to bringing better wages & working conditions tomorrow.
  
• Learning about our rights in the workplace so you can help co-workers solve problems.
  
• Becoming a member of the local campus steering committee to develop plans and make decisions for CUE at your campus, and to help shape CUE’s program statewide.

GET INVOLVED!
Part of what makes CUE stronger is when members take initiative and GET INVOLVED! It doesn’t matter if you can contribute 2 hours or 2 days a month...anything helps! Below is a list of activities and projects that you might be interested in. If there is another key way you think you might be able to make a difference, let us know!

• Design fliers
  
• New member recruitment: walkarounds (with or without CUE organizer)
  
• Local newsletter: write articles, proofread, layout.
  
• Poster campus with union fliers
  
• Make signs and banners for demonstrations
  
• Work on the local CUE website
  
• Work with the grievance committee to handle grievances and educate workers about their rights on the job
  
• Work with the Coalition of Unions
  
• Build ties with community and religious organizations
  
• Media outreach
  
• Build ties to student organizations

Contact CUE (cueorganizer at cruzio dot com) right away if you can help!