If you have any questions about the CAPS-UAW Resolutions and Amendments procedure for the 2026 UAW Constitutional Convention, or want to learn more about getting involved in our union, please reach out to a CAPS-UAW leader near you! 

CAPS-UAW Procedure for Members to Submit Resolutions and Amendments for the 2026 UAW Constitutional Convention

Resolutions allow CAPS-UAW members to propose ideas, set priorities, and decide what our local will bring forward to influence the direction of our union. 

Here’s an overview of our CAPS-UAW process for considering resolutions and amendments:

• Monday, March 23rd, 2026: Members submit resolutions by 
• Wednesday, March 25th, 2026: Special Executive Board meeting to agendize resolutions for consideration at Statewide Membership Meeting
• For more details about the process, click here

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Only dues-paying CAPS-UAW are able to submit resolutions and amendments for consideration and attend the Statewide Membership Meeting. Together, we fight for better working conditions and build power to win a more fair and more democratic workplace. Whether you are a rank-and-file scientist, a supervisor or manager, by joining your union, CAPS-UAW, you strengthen State Scientists’ collective power to achieve wins like protecting our 2026 raises, enforce rights, benefits, and protections, and demand the respect that all working people deserve! 

What are Amendments and Resolutions?

Your Local, CAPS-UAW, will be participating in the UAW Constitutional Convention in June 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. At the convention, delegates from UAW Locals will gather to vote on organizing priorities, how to use the power of collective action, and to amend the fundamental governing document, the UAW Constitution. 

CAPS-UAW members will make decisions about what to send to the convention at the SMM on April 11, 2026, at 9AM via Zoom. RSVP here. At the meeting, members will debate and approve which resolutions and amendments our Local will submit to the convention. 

Constitutional Amendments

The UAW Constitution is the democratically adopted, fundamental law of our union. It applies to our union as a whole and to every affiliated local union. 

It provides the foundation for the day-to-day operations of our union; sets forth the rights, guarantees, and responsibilities of all UAW members; and expresses our union’s values and vision of a democratic society that embraces economic and social justice for all people. 

The Constitution can only be amended by democratic vote of members at a Constitutional Convention or Special Convention as spelled out in Article 8. 

You can access the Constitution online here.

Amendments are changes in the language of the UAW Constitution. Amendments to the constitution are ratified by simple majority vote among delegates to the Constitutional Convention. 

To propose amendments, CAPS-UAW members must approve a proposed amendment by a simple majority vote at the upcoming, April 11, 2026, SMM. *Resolutions and amendments may also be adopted by membership action at a subsequent Joint Council meeting, if necessary. Once members vote to pass the amendment, the Amendment will be sent to the UAW Secretary/Treasurer by May 4, 2026. Proposed amendments are submitted to the UAW Constitution Committee, which compiles proposed amendments from all Locals into one publication for convention delegates. 

Resolutions

Resolutions set priorities to commit our Union to projects, policies, and specify how to use the power of collective action. 

To propose resolutions, members must approve the proposed resolutions by simple majority vote at the SMM. *Resolutions and amendments may also be adopted by membership action at a subsequent Joint Council meeting, if necessary. Once approved by a membership action, resolutions must l be submitted to the UAW Secretary/Treasurer by May 4, 2026. Proposed resolutions are submitted to the UAW Resolutions Committee, which compiles proposed amendments from all Locals for delegates.

Process for Locals to Submit Resolutions and Amendments to UAW Constitutional Convention

To propose resolutions and amendments to the UAW Constitutional Convention, CAPS-UAW members must approve a proposed resolution or amendment by a simple majority vote at the upcoming, April 11, 2026, SMM. *Resolutions and amendments may also be adopted by membership action at a subsequent Joint Council meeting, if necessary. 

Once the membership has adopted the resolution or amendment, they will be sent to the UAW Secretary/Treasurer and must be received by May 4, 2026. Proposed resolutions are referred to the UAW Resolutions Committee and amendments are referred to the UAW Constitution Committee, which compiles proposals from all Locals into one publication for convention delegates.