UE is the only National Independent Rank and File Union, and is also the "National Home for Independent Unions." We have included various links on this page to the UE National Website, which will help explain what UE is all about.

After learning more about them, we hope you will agree that their structure and philosophy of Unionism is ideally matched to the beliefs and ideals of our Union. To put it simply, in UE the Members Run the Union - exactly what we believe in CILU/CIPU !

Who is UE ?                      http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uewho.html

UE Aims and Structure    http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/aimstoc.html

What do they stand for?  http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uewho2.html

Brief history of UE           http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uewho5.html

National Home of Independent Unions ?   http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/affiliate.html

What do their Members say ?    http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/affiltest.html

A three-part story about UE Local # 893 (IUP) and their struggle to represent municipal employees in the state of Iowa. Their fight for the right to a Democratic Union Run by the Rank and File Membership is very similar to the story of CILU/CIPU !

http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/uen_iowastory.html

Click Here to see the combined resources and years of experience of the CILU/CIPU and UE Officers and Staff !