Local 223 UWUA to Add Minimum of 150 New Customer Service Positions into OPT Bargaining Unit Local 223 UWUA recently completed negotiations in the Customer Service group with Union members who are now performing work that contractors had been performing for the last six years. The hiring of a minimum of 150 new Local 223 [...]
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Climate and Infrastructure Town Hall on May 30
May 3, 2013 Join UWUA on May 30 UWUA President Mike Langford has been publicly making the case that the U.S. is falling behind other nations in the quality and condition of our nation’s infrastructure. President Langford says rebuilding the U.S. infrastructure using state of the art technology is essential. In doing so, we can [...]
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Urgent Action Appeal for UWUA Members in Illinois
Stop American Water’s Latest Consumer Rip-Off American Water is pushing a bill through the Illinois legislature that would allow for-profit water companies in the state to fast-track takeovers of municipal water systems and automatically charge customers higher rates to finance the privatizations – all with little or no oversight by state regulators. This consumer rip-off [...]
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