OFFICIAL MESSAGE FROM Utility Workers Union of America We have some very exciting news for you! UWUA has partnered with UnionCircle.com, a social network created exclusively for Organized Labor! We are joining thousands of our fellow Union brothers and sisters on this site to leverage the power of social media. What Is Union Circle? [...]
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UWUA Local 246 Workers Prepare for San Onofre Retiring
After over 45 years of service, the San Onofre nuclear units will be retired. SCE and Local 246 will be entering into effects negotiations on the planned lay-offs. The plan is to reduce to 600 employees at the station by the end of August 2013, and down to approximately 400 employees by the end of [...]
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FirstEnergy Protesters Smell Rat
By Glynis Board Featured on West Virginia Public Broadcasting: http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=30054 May 22, 2013 · Activists gathered to protest a First Energy shareholder meeting yesterday morning in Morgantown. Members of multiple organizations and a giant inflated rat called attention to several energy concerns. More than 100 protesters crowded the street in front of One Waterfront Place where the annual [...]
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