It has been a year since we’ve started Woven Union — how did this year go for us and what is next?
Our Union was formed at a time when our company was entering a period of changes: in our working model, our leadership and team structure, and our understanding of what the future looks like for the employees at Woven by Toyota and the company. Through our organization, we aimed to support each other, help the company develop and improve, and ultimately succeed for the benefit of our customers and all the people around the world who are excited to see what the mobility technologies of the future will look like.
The Union was created with ambitious goals in mind, and we are doing our best to work towards achieving them.
Over this year, we have been working to build our relationship with the company, set up working agreements, and establish mutual understanding to be able to drive change. While there are multiple issues we are still waiting to see improvement in, we are happy to see Woven by Toyota changing the way we work in a set of areas the Union has requested: our performance management program was changed to provide every employee an avenue to share their feedback on their managers, and, with our recent company policy updates, we are assured that no automated attendance tracking is to be implemented to enforce Woven by Toyota’s “return-to-office” policy.
While we believe that the best path forward for our company is “remote-first” as it is inherently inclusive, helps all employees be productive while maintaining a healthy balance between their work and family lives, and helps us achieve our climate goals, Woven Union is happy to see that the company is open to working with us to listen and make adjustments to the policies to let employees feel safer, more comfortable, and trusted at work.
Woven Union has had many of Woven by Toyota employees approach us with their personal work-related challenges, and we are happy to be available to everyone to provide advice, support in discussions and negotiations with the company, and suggest avenues for legal advice. We hope that having a group that people can reach out to and find help is valuable to everyone at Woven!
As we enter our second year, we are looking forward to bringing more positive change to all of our coworkers, hearing more of your thoughts, questions and ideas, and being there for you if you need support! Please get in touch with us at [email protected] or join Woven Union now!