This guide is intended to be a first-time, general introduction to employee involvement for trade unionists--local leaders, stewards, and rank-and-file members. It makes no attempt to be comprehensive, but instead raises the major issues concerning employee involvement framed in trade union terms. Part I looks at the kinds of employee involvement programs that exist in the United States. The history of employee involvement is discussed in Part II. Part III looks at three different models of employee involvement in Japan, Germany, and Sweden. Its popularity is addressed in Part IV. Part V considers ways that programs become established in unionized workplaces. Part VI discusses how the implementation of an employee involvement program will affect the local. In Part VII, ways to safeguard the union and ensure that the program serves the members' interests are suggested. Part VIII considers the alternatives to strong union involvement in the initial stages of the program. Part IX describes what can be expected the first year of the program. Part X, Conclusions, is followed by a listing of resources. (YLB)