Ten Targeting 9,000: 600’s Committee of Fun

25 June 2021

As anyone who has ever tried to lose weight will tell you, being active isn’t easy. And staying engaged? Pandemic or no pandemic, that can be a steep hill to climb as well.

Members of Local 600’s Active Engagement Committee know that all too well. They are the group involved in planning some of the Local’s most fun and entertaining activities, yet they regularly face the challenge of keeping members involved. Whether they are distributing “Rides and Rooms” overnight bags, leading a Get-Out-the-Vote campaign, or planning the next social event, the AEC team is continuously…well… active in reaching out and getting members to join in.

“They have tons of energy and enthusiasm, and they are definitely the social engagement arm of the local,” said Central Region Business Representative Winona Wacker who has worked on and off with the AEC since its founding. “They have been called the ‘Committee of Fun’ because they’re made up of some of the local’s most fun people.”

The committee has been around since 2018 when it was founded by former National President Steven Poster. Poster and founding co-chairs Waris Supanpong and Gunnar Mortensen envisioned the group – which was originally named the Committee of the Future – as a vehicle to generate awareness about the roles of unions, and to harness the energy and activism of Local 600’s younger members. Gradually, as the Guild’s regional young workers committees became more active, the Committee expanded its focus to include the membership at large.

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