ABOUT US
A Force for Working Families
As the Industrial Division of CWA, IUE-CWA represents a force of 150,000 active and retired men and women united collectively to seek dignity on the job and a secure future for ourselves, our children and all future generations. The Division is headed by President Carl Kennebrew.
Carl Kennebrew became the 8th President of IUE-CWA on August 2, 2018. Carl has been a proud member of IUE-CWA for nearly 25 years. He started his Union career as an elected delegate and Vice-President of Local 84755 in Dayton, Ohio. While Vice-President, Carl graduated from The Minority Leadership Institute (MLI), an intensive 3-week program dedicated to increasing the involvement of minorities at all levels of our union. As Vice President, Carl also worked as an organizer, served as the local’s Legislative Political Action Team Member, and as an Executive Board Member for the Dayton Miami Valley AFL-CIO. In August of 2013, Carl became the first Minority President of Local 755, the founding local of IUE-CWA. He was re-elected without opposition in the fall of 2014 and 2017.
WHAT WE DO
Our members manufacture front and rear bumper assemblies for The Big 3 auto manufacturers at four Ventra locations centralized in the Ionia county area.
HISTORY
International Union of Electronic, Electrical Salaried, Machine, & Furniture Workers
Affiliated with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS Charter to Local Union 436AFW of Ionia, Michigan
By this Charter The International Union of Electronic, Electrical Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO, agrees top promote the above named Local in the exercise of all rights and privileges of affiliation. This Charter is granted on the condition that the said Local shall at all times comply with the Constitution of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical Salaried, Machine, & Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO. In the event of violation of the aforesaid Constitution, this Charter may be revoked in accordance with the applicable Constitutional provisions
In Witness -
of this compact of solidarity we have attached our signatures Dated this 20th day of February 1987.
William H Bywater, President
Edward Fire, Secretary-Treasurer
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA
AFL-CIO
LOCAL CHARTER
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT THAT:
By Authority the Constitution of this Charter is hereby granted to:
IUE-CWA LOCAL 436 FW 84436
of the Communications Workers of America, with the following jurisdiction:
"Over all work performed by employees eligible for Union
membership in IUE Local 436 FW, originally chartered on February 20,
1987, as of the IUE-CWA merger on October 1, 2000; and such other
jurisdiction as may be assigned by the Executive Board of the Union
This Charter is granted with all the rights and privileges conveyed in the Constitution upon the condition that the said Local shall at all times comply with the Constitution and the Rules and Regulations thereunder and may be revoked only upon violation thereof and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
In witness thereof we have hereunto attached our signatures and caused the seal of the Communications Workers of America to be affixed.
Dated this first day of October 2000
Morton Bahr, President
Barbara Easterling, Secretary-Treasurer