For union locals
Know your contract better than they do
Upload the agreement once. Every management proposal, grievance, and Meet & Discuss note gets checked against what the contract actually says — with the article cited.
Bringing this to your executive board or state federation? Get the leadership briefing.
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Built for the union sideUnion Boss is sold to locals, stewards, and committees. It is not licensed to employers.
Your workspace stays yoursAgreements, proposals, and notes are private to your local. Nothing is shared across locals.
Every answer is citedEach result names the article and section it came from, so you can check it against the book.
How it works
Four steps, one evening of setup
Most locals are running real questions through it the same week they start. There is no data project and no IT department required.
Step 01
Connect the agreement
Affiliate-attached locals inherit the current statewide CBA automatically. Add your own side letters, local agreements, and arbitration awards.
Step 02
Ask in plain language
How much notice before a schedule change? Get the clause, the article and section, and the language itself — not a summary you have to trust.
Step 03
Screen what management sends
Paste or upload a proposal. See which articles it touches, where it conflicts with existing language, and how much is at stake.
Step 04
Walk in prepared
Bring citations to Meet & Discuss, grievance hearings, and the table — instead of promising to look it up and get back to them.
Proposal analysis
See the conflict before you sit down
Management language on the left. What your contract already says on the right, with the section that governs it.
Management proposal
The Employer proposes to amend Article 18 as follows. Overtime shall be distributed among qualified employees within the work location on a rotating basis. Overtime worked on a holiday shall be compensated at one and one-half times the regular hourly rate. Employees who decline an overtime assignment shall be charged for the hours declined. Accumulated overtime totals shall be reset on an annual basis each January.
What your contract says
Cuts holiday premium
Art. 18 §5.b(7) provides double time for work on a holiday. The proposal would reduce this to time and one-half.
Conflicts with the local agreement
Your 2015 local overtime agreement accumulates on a quarterly basis. An annual reset would override a local term management already agreed to.
Rotation language unchanged
Matches the existing distribution method in Art. 18 §5.a. No change in effect.
Sample analysis. Verify every citation against your own agreement before you rely on it.
Why it exists
Management brings labor relations staff. Your local brings three stewards with day jobs.
That gap is not about who is right. It is about who has time to read four hundred pages before Thursday. Union Boss closes the reading gap — it does not make the decisions.
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What is inside
Everything a local actually runs on
Ask the contract
Plain-language questions answered from your own agreement, with the article and section cited.
Proposal analysis
Screen management language for conflicts, risk, and the clauses it quietly touches.
Meet & Discuss
Turn meeting notes into separated issues with a labor-side recommendation on each.
Grievances
Draft from the facts and the language, with the articles that support the claim attached.
Overtime audit
Compare signup sheets against call logs and find the hours that were skipped or miscredited.
Seniority rosters
Keep the roster current, catch conflicts between units, and see who is eligible for what.
Executive board
Board minutes and internal business kept separate from anything management can see.
Awards and policy
Arbitration awards, side letters, and employer policy searchable alongside the agreement.
Who it is for
Locals, not employers
Union Boss is built for one side of the table and sold to one side of the table.
- Stewards who need the answer during the shift, not after it
- Bargaining committees preparing for a table date
- Local officers handling grievances alongside a full-time job
- State federations supporting locals that have no staff at all
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers
- What is Union Boss?
- Union Boss is AI-powered software for union locals to upload collective bargaining agreements, analyze management proposals against contract language, and get cited answers for stewards and bargaining committees.
- Who is Union Boss for?
- Union Boss is built for union locals, stewards, bargaining committees, and state federations — not for employers. Each local keeps agreements and proposals private to its workspace.
- How does Union Boss analyze management proposals?
- You upload your CBA and side letters once. When management submits a proposal, Union Boss compares the language against your stored clauses and surfaces relevant articles, potential conflicts, and risk levels.
- Does Union Boss replace union counsel or the duty of fair representation?
- No. Union Boss speeds clause lookup and proposal triage. Officers and counsel still make bargaining and representation decisions; AI output should be verified against the contract before you rely on it at the table.
Dig deeper in our bargaining resource guides or request access for your local.
Solidarity starts with knowing the contract
Give every steward and committee member instant access to what the agreement actually says.