Civil Society/Unions/Rules

 Status in a Philadelphia Union reflects how much pull you have within your local and beyond. It represents how much support you can generate for your cause, how much trouble you can cause at a job site, how easily you can call for a strike, or how slow or fast you can cause work to happen within the boundaries of safety. If you want to sway your fellow union members to back a politician, you use your status. If you want them to march in support of a cause, you use your status. In general, the more solidarity you have with your union, the more members know your name and reputation, the higher your status can become.

• Status 1: Dues paying member
• Status 2: Politically active member, Union foreman
• Status 3: Union Delegate, Union Committee Member
• Status 4: Union Committee Chair, Union Board Officer
• Status 5: Union President