UWUA E-News Alert - 1/31/2012

• FirstEnergy Closing 6 Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Local 223 UWUA Safety Office – Defensive Driving Tips
• UWUA 2012 Legislative Activities Announcement
• Unions Make Democracy Work for the Middle Class
• Union Membership Grew Slightly Last Year
• Labor Board Chief Says He’ll Push for Changes Giving Unions a Boost in Organizing Members
• Union Hotel Guide
• Jobs, Jobs and Cars
• Made in the World Apple CEO Addresses Reports of China Labor Abuse
• Labor, Management Partner to Create Jobs in Wash. State
• Energy Tax Breaks Proposed, Despite Waning Support for Subsidies
• For Ford, Three Years of Profit in a Row
• Gov. Snyder Wants Pass on Right-to-Work Law, Push for New Bridge
• Minn. Labor Unions, GOP Fight Over ‘Right To Work’
• Nothing Matters to Newt Except Newt
• Censoring of Tweets Sets Off #Outrage
• Job Bias Claims in U.S. at Record Level
• California Considers Outlawing Discrimination Against Unemployed

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Fight Back! We Are The 99%

Featured in the current issue of
The Utility Worker Magazine Oct/Nov/Dec - 2011

• We Are the 99%!
• 2012: Let’s Roll!
• Ohio Voters Reject Anti-Worker Law by 2-1 Margin
• West Virginia PSC Blocks American Water Cutbacks
• Lee County, FL Workers Organizing
• UWUA Leads the Way to Provide Pipeline Safety
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Reviving the American Dream for Our Nation's Working Families

The economic crisis we confront today demands that we act now to defend middle class jobs and revive the American Dream for our nation's working families. Unleashing domestic energy sources, rebuilding our infrastructure, protecting good jobs and creating green employment opportunities are at the core of the solutions to the crisis. The Utility Workers Union of America advocates for:

• Rebuilding our infrastructure
• Training and retooling our workforce
• Maximizing existing technologies
• Developing promising technologies
• Adopting government regulations that secure our future