UAW LOCAL 1413

Consumer Affairs Committee

Chairperson: Secretary:

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What is the Consumer Affairs Committee?

We are a standing committee of your local union. Our goals and responsibilities as set forth by the Consumer Affairs Department of the International Union include the following:

1. To foster UAW membership awareness of consumer problems.
2. To conduct consumer protection educational programs in the Local and CAP Committees.
3. To support legislation at the community, state and federal levels.
4. To mobilize union and public support of consumer informational services.
5. To promote consumer representation on appropriate governmental committees, boards, and councils.
6. To establish relationships with national, state, and community organizations which have a major commitment to consumer problems.
7. To enlist the support of each spouse of each UAW member in consumer activities and affairs.
8. To use UAW Public Relations channels and mass media to publicize in every possible way consumer frauds, credit chicanery, exploitation of poor, as well as consumer rights under existing legislation.
9. To develop comprehensive programs designed to deal with basic causes of fundamental consumer problems at the national, state and local levels.