UWUA News
Utility Worker Magazine - Jul/Aug/Sept Share
The newest edition of the Utility Worker Magazine was mailed out and is now available online. Read More

UWUA's Stewart Acuff on Carson's Corner Radio Show Share
Stewart Acuff joins the show to talk about the economy and what we need to do to get Americans back to work. Listen Now

Utility Workers Union Announces Opposition to Arnold Wastewater Rate Hike and Privatization Scheme Share
The Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, announced today launch of a major effort to block a proposed privatization of the wastewater system in Arnold, Missouri to Missouri American Water Company. Read More

SoCal Gas and Employees Extend Negotiations Two Weeks Share
Southern California Gas Co. and its employees, represented by the Utility Workers Union of America, agreed to a two-week extension of contract negotiations, Denise King, a spokeswoman for SoCal Gas wrote in an email Saturday. Read More

Labor News
Union Officials Seek Meeting with Crystal Sugar Growers Share
The union workers have been locked out of five sugar processing plants in Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa in the company’s first labor impasse in 30 years. Read More

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis And AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler Urge Young Workers To Fight For Economic And Social Justice Share
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis told the young workers that our past economic policies have failed and we need to fight to make things better for workers in the future. Read More

Maine Labor Mural on Display at AFL-CIO Share
Check out the a reproduction of the 11-panel mural depicting Maine’s labor history that the state’s governor has banned. It’s on display now through Oct. 11 at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. Read More

GM Labor Costs to Rise 1% a Year for Next 4 Years Under New UAW Contract Share
Overall, the contract will increase GM's labor costs by $215 million through 2013, or about 1% each year, Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann said Wednesday. The annual rate of inflation in August was 3.8%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read More

Industry News
Obama Jobs Plan Likely Prevents 2012 Recession in Survey of Economists Share
Tax cuts account for more than half the dollar value of the Obama plan, which also includes $105 billion in spending for school modernization, transportation projects and rehabilitation of vacant properties, according to a White House fact sheet. The proposal includes $35 billion in direct aid to state and local governments to stem dismissals of educators and emergency personnel. Read More

Remarks of President Barack Obama On the American Jobs Act Share
I came to talk about how we can get to a place where we’re creating good, middle-class jobs again – jobs that pay well and offer some security. We have a lot to do to make sure everyone in this country gets a fair shake, a fair shot, and a chance to get ahead. Read More

States of Denial
America Faces A Jobs Depression Share
When consumers and businesses can't boost the economy on their own, the responsibility must fall to the purchaser of last resort. As John Maynard Keynes informed us 75 years ago, that purchaser is the government. Read More

America Wants to Work, Events This Week Share
Working families across the country will be calling on lawmakers – starting with the America Wants to Work week of action October 10-­?16 – to promote a real job creation agenda and engage both workers and community members to make sure that happens. Read More

Free Trade Is Failing America Share
Unfortunately, U.S. imports exceed exports by another $565 billion, and workers released from making those products go into non-trade-competing industries, such as retailing, where productivity is at least 50 percent lower.This slashes GDP by $235 billion. Read More

COPE (Political Education)
GOP Applauds PATCO Firings At Christie Speech Share
Who would applaud a mass firing of workers? Read More

A Billionaires' Coup in the US Share
The debt deal will hurt the poorest Americans, convinced by Fox and the Tea Party to act against their own welfare. Read More

High Joblessness & Poverty: Families Earned More In 1997 Than in 2010 Share
For millions of workers across America family paychecks have declined or stagnated to such an extent that real median household income was lower in 2010 than it was in 1997, according to Census Bureau numbers. Read More

Human Rights
Harassment Complaints on the Rise on Capitol Hill Share
Complaints of harassment and hostile work environments are on the rise on Capitol Hill, where offices aren’t required to keep personnel records, provide mandatory anti-discrimination training or protect whistleblowers despite forcing other government agencies and private employers to do so, according to a new report. Read More

Discrimination Lawsuit Targets Hawaiian Electric Share
Mail machine operator Patrick Obado, who is partially blind in one eye but has full vision in the other, was denied a position as a meter reader last year because of his disability, according to the complaint filed in federal court in Honolulu. Read More

Veterans Affairs and Information
U of M on Military Friendly Schools List Share
"More than 8,000 schools were surveyed and out of those schools we come up with the top 20 percent," said Fazio. "We publish an annual guide to military education, not just the name but also the criteria." Read More