Sample Benefits Letters for Members
Ready to offer local union member discounts to your union members? Use these templates to communicate with area businesses:
Sample Letter to Current Members
A sample letter that you can send to current union members is below. Similar letters have been used successfully in many internal organizing campaigns.
To use the letter follow these 5 simple steps:
- Place the letter on your letterhead and address the letter personally to each current member.
- Check to see which benefits your union participates in by entering your union in the top right section of this site or calling Union Privilege at 1-800-472-2005.
- Add your union name in the space available in the first sentence.
- Include your union's all-program benefits flyer with the letter. You can order the quantity of flyers you need for free by calling Union Privilege at 1-800-472-2005 or using the Union Plus materials order form.
- Click here for a Word document of the sample letter to current members.
Click here for a PDF document of the sample letter to current members.
Sample Letter to Prospective Members
A sample letter that you can send to prospective labor union members is below. Similar letters have been used successfully in many internal organizing campaigns.
To use the letter follow these 9 simple steps:
- Make sure your full members are informed about the Union Plus benefits. See the sample letter to members.
- Place the letter on your letterhead and address the letter personally to each prospective member.
- Check to see which benefits your union participates in by going to www.unionplus.com or calling Union Privilege at 1-800-472-2005.
- Add your union name in the space available in the first sentence.
- Include a contact phone number or address so that prospective members can contact you to join in the space available at the end of the letter and in the P.S.
- If you have a membership form that prospective members can sign to join the union, include it in the letter to make it easy to sign up. If you include a form you can add this paragraph to the letter.
"Just sign the enclosed membership form and return it. Or call us at _________________. Once you've signed up, we'll send you all the information that you need to begin using your Union Plus programs."
- Include the special "organizing version" of your union's all-program benefits flyer with the letter. You can order the quantity of flyers you need for free by calling Union Privilege at 1-800-472-2005 or using the order form in the leaders section of the Union Plus Web site.
- Watch your membership grow!
- You can either type in changes to the Word template or print out the PDF blank template and write in the appropriate information.
Click here for a Word document of the sample letter to prospective members.
Click here for a PDF document of the sample letter to prospective members.
