Elizabethtown Gas Dispatchers Vote to Join UWUA
WASHINGTON, DC (SEPTEMBER 11, 2025) – Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) President James Slevin today announced dispatchers working for…
WASHINGTON, DC (SEPTEMBER 11, 2025) – Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) President James Slevin today announced dispatchers working for…
Q: WHEN DOES THE NEW OVERTIME TAX LAW – WHICH PASSED IN JULY – TAKE EFFECT? A: The overtime tax…
UWUA awarded its 2025 scholarships this summer to five regional winners. Each recipient received $2,000 toward continuing their education. Region…
UWUA members are first responders and frontline workers who protect public health and safety. Highly skilled individuals who make up UWUA’s membership provide essential services that keep our homes, businesses, and schools running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round. Members are empowered in their workplaces and united by the belief in the dignity and worth of our work.
Since 2017, Luke Matson has worked as a Sewer Collections Technician II in a town southeast of Los Angeles, CA. He holds three state certifications: two in water (D3 Operator and Treatment 2) and one in wastewater (Collections 4). His responsibilities include operating a crane truck to lift pumps from depths of up to 30 feet, repairing or replacing them, and lowering them back into place. He helps to oversee 12 lift stations, a grinder, and the network of pipes that transport sewage from homes and businesses to an external wastewater treatment center.
Unions bring people together. Unions level the playing field. Unions build power. Union members earn higher wages, receive better pension benefits, and enjoy better health insurance coverage than their non-union counterparts.
Reach out to UWUA’s organizing team if you’re interested in starting the conversation about how to start a union. We’re here to answer your questions and guide you along the way.
UWUA members provide essential services. We keep the power on, we keep the water flowing, we make sure gas is there when you need it, and much more.
We power America in coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro-electric power plants, ensuring the lights stay on around the clock. We are meeting the future in energy storage facilities and on utility-scale solar farms. We keep our customers healthy by providing clean drinking water, treating wastewater, and maintaining water systems. We ensure communities have municipal services. We respond to consumer needs, and we prepare for energy and water system repairs and the future of our utility infrastructure.