UWUA Local News
UWUA Health & Welfare Fund Share
The Utility Workers Union of America has created a program to offer a supplemental health care plan for workers that is also financially reasonable for employers. Read More

Local 470-1 Successfully Negotiates Successor Clause Share
President Kevin Cothran and his negotiating committee have successfully negotiated the successor clause language with Capital Power of Canada who took over plant operations from NAES of Seattle, Washington. Read More

Local 132 Negotiations Update Share
The Union was notified by the Federal Mediator that the company was suspending negotiations in order to take their own time to answer our letter. Read More

River Rouge Power Plant Gets Recommendation for Star Status Share
River Rouge Power Plant has been working to achieve the Michigan Star designation, which is the “best of the best” in safety and health after it received Rising Star status by the program in 2009. Read More

Governor Brown Signs Utility Workers' Senate Bill 705 Share
When making decisions that impact safety, the Gas Company must now consider the input of workers that work hard every day to keep our customers safe! Read More

UWUA Local 470-1 Holds Holiday Donation Drive Share
Local 470-1 from Bridgeport, CT is proud to announce that UWUA Local Union Executive Board member and Union Safety Officer Hal Withington and UWUA member Michele Brennan spear-headed the Holiday Donation Drive to support our troops. Read More

Labor News
Facebook Partners with Labor Department to Help Job Seekers Share
This initiative is going to make the recruiting process easier and more efficient for both employees and job seekers. Read More

The Hidden Human Cost of Privatization Share
Michigan’s Republican lawmakers have been using the down economy as an excuse for destroying the role of the public sector in the state, and one of their favorite magic bullets is privatization. Read More

McConnell: Layoffs a 'Local' Problem Share
The question is whether the federal government ought to be raising taxes on 300,000 small businesses in order to send money down to bail out states for whom firefighters and police work -- they are local and state employees. Read More

Industry News
Pipeline Safety, Are You Ready? Share
The evidence; it’s in the increasing pipeline disasters from coast to coast. Yet, the majority of the gas companies are making record profits; their CEOs and Boards taking home unimaginable amounts of compensation. Read More

We Are One
Bank Transfer Day Share
Together we can ensure that these banking institutions will always remember the 5th of November!! If the 99% removes our funds from the major banking institutions to non-profit credit unions on or by 11/05, we will send a clear message to the 1% that conscious consumers won't support companies with unethical business practices. Read More

Recession, Fewer Opportunities Creating a 'Generation Less' Share
They are the victims of an economic recession that was brought on by a culture of greed on Wall Street and an unprecedented redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the top 1 percent of American households. Read More

Why Unions Matter Share
Widespread frustration with fragile growth and soaring debt has been channeled towards unions, which are increasingly characterized as elite, irrelevant, and a drag on the economy. But consider this: No country has ever achieved widespread prosperity and created a large middle class without strong unions. Read More

COPE (Political Education)
A Super PAC of a Different Stripe Share
"We must pass a constitutional amendment to get money out of politics. It's not even a democracy anymore, it's an oligarchy." Read More

A Fundraising Solution or Blatantly Buying Access? Share
In exchange for attending, fundraisers' attendees would be granted a meeting with the candidate at their convenience. Read More

Human Rights
Franken's Statement on the Student Non-Discrimination Act in the HELP Committee Share
The sad fact is that our federal laws are failing kids like Justin, Seth, and Carl - because our federal laws say that you cannot discriminate against a child on the basis of race, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. But they do not explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Read More

Veterans Affairs & Information
Congress Open to Cost Cutting Changes in Military Benefits; Veterans Groups Fight Back Share
The government’s promise of lifetime health care for the military’s men and women is suddenly a little less sacrosanct as Congress looks to slash trillion-dollar-plus deficits. Read More

More Women Falling into Ranks of Homeless Veterans Share
Women make up a growing number of homeless veterans, a group usually associated with combat-hardened men unable to cope with civilian life. Read More

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