Many hands make light work  and that is what MAT is all about. Our Member Action Team is our most important communication tool: our network of members who know how to connect others to resources and mobilize members around issues they care about.

The communication is two-way: member leaders relay important information to our Member Action Team who then reach out to members in their work area. Members send feedback and suggestions back through the network.

Being a part of MAT is the easiest way to help out with our union while making a big impact.

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MAT Structure

MAT Coordinators: This is a team of 2 to 3 members who coordinate the MAT network and organize information so it can be distributed quickly and feedback provided back to member leaders.

MAT Captain: These are members who coordinate a group of MAT leads that are based on worksite or work area. Captains relay information to our MAT leads who then connect with their specific group of coworkers. To avoid overwhelming any one MAT Captain, the goal is to have each captain be responsible for roughly ten of their fellow Local 3580 members who serve as leads. 

Current captain assignments: Metro Regional Center, floors 1, 2 and 3; Oregon Zoo; Central Transfer Station; South Transfer Station; Oregon Convention Center day, swing and overnight shifts; Expo Center; Metro Paint; and St Johns Landfill.

MAT Leads: For each work site area, MAT Leads support 8-10 coworkers each, making sure all members get information timely, questions answered and feedback back through the network. To be effective we need about 40 members to volunteer to be MAT Leads.

INCLUSION
Our MAT network should represent the diversity of the workforce. This includes not only race, gender, and age, but also worksite, job classification, shift, and so on.

Types of MAT Communication

• Listening to co-workers issues, problems and concerns and communicating them back to member leaders;
• Distributing written communications such as newsletters, flyers, surveys, etc;
• Educating and informing workers on issues that affect them;
• Relaying updates on contract negotiations;
• Asking workers for feedback and ideas on workplace actions;
• Motivating and mobilizing members to participate in union activities such as t-shirt days, solidarity actions, signs, etc.