Local News
UWUA Local 175 Stands Up In Ohio Share
UWUA members are standing up in Ohio. The photos below were shared by members, some of whom have participated in 3 rallies in March alone. Pictures include protests with upwards of 10,000 people in attendance in Ohio. The purpose is to voice our opposition to Ohio Senate Bill 5 which essentially destroys collective bargaining for public sector unions. Read More

UWUA Stands Against Water Privatization Share
Water is a human right. Water profiteers take away that right as they work to expand ownership and control over limited water resources while simultaneously pushing for rollbacks in consumer protections for water. Water privatization exploits our communities and can leave us with higher water rates and taxes, decreased service quality, and loss of local jobs -- all in the name of profit. Read More

UWUA Local 399 & Cuyahoga Falls Approve Contract Share
The city's electric department employees will get 2.25 percent raises later this year, per their new collective bargaining agreement with the city. Cuyahoga Falls City Council on March 21 unanimously approved the agreement with Local 399 of the Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO. The previous contract had expired on Dec. 31. The new one will run through Dec. 31, 2013. Read More

Anti-Union Bills
House Votes to End Pay Deductions for Union Share
In a blow to public employee unions, the Republican-controlled Florida House passed a bill Friday that would ban payroll deductions of dues and require labor organizations to get individual members' OK before using their payments for political purposes. Read More

Maine GOP Governor Seeks Removal of Pro-Labor Mural Share
A plan by Maine GOP Governor Paul LePage to remove a mural depicting the history of the workers movement from the state's labor department lobby and to rename conference rooms dedicated to union icons was met with outrage Wednesday from leaders of organized labor in that state. Read More

Thousands of Union Members, Leaders March Streets of LA Vowing to Fight for Organized Labor Share
Thousands of union leaders and workers marched through the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, vowing and shouting that they would fight for organized labor in California after recent union setbacks in Wisconsin. Read More

Stop Attacks on Working Families Share
Corporate CEOs spent more than $1 billion to elect politicians and now they want pay back. Recently elected politicians in many states are already saying “thank you” by pushing dangerous legislation that attacks workers. Please add your name to our petition urging state legislators to stop attacks on workers—we’ll deliver your signature to your state legislators. Read More & Sign the Petition

Everybody Look What's Going On April 4th Share
The movements in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and other states show us that We Are One. Gov. John Kasich, like Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his deep-pocketed corporate backers, are making a miscalculated power grab. By threatening hardworking families in Ohio, Wisconsin and all across our country, Governor Kasich, Gov. Walker and their cronies reignited a huge movement of people standing up for human dignity and human rights. Working people are standing together to call for good jobs, not middle class wrecking-ball policies. On Apr. 4, across our nation, at community vigils, teach-ins, public rallies, workplace demonstrations and many more events, we’re standing together, to make our country better for all working people. Read More

Right To Work For Less
For Sale To The Highest Bidder – The United States Of America Share
by John Duffy UWUA National Vice President
The only sure way to combat this assault on true democracy is to elect candidates for public office that put the needs of the citizens over that of the corporations, and vote out of office those who don’t. Read More

Human Rights
What the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Means for Workers Now Share
by Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor
Flames and black smoke shot from the top floors, and as they watched in shock, young girls and women, some alone, some clutching hands, inched up to the windows’ ledges — and jumped to their deaths. Today, workers and their allies are being met with that same kind of opposition. In states nationwide, working people are protesting the actions to strip them of collective bargaining. The Triangle fire and the Upper Big Branch explosion a century later make clear to me that workers want and need that voice — about wages and benefits, yes, but about more, too. Read More

Get Involved

Discuss and share what's going on in your state and keep up on upcoming rallies in your area. Click Here to Go to the UWUA Forums.	Show your support for working families facing attacks on collective bargaining rights and middle-class jobs with a We Are One lapel pin or button. The proceeds will help support the workers’ mobilization efforts. Click Here to Purchase One Today.	Use this art to post on Facebook or your blog. How to make this icon your Facebook profile picture: Right click on the image and save it to your computer. Sign into your Facebook account and go to your personal profile or organizational page. Hover in the upper-right-hand corner of your current profile picture. Click "Change picture." Click "Upload picture." Browse your computer and select the image you just saved. Select the image and your profile picture will be updated.	Use this art to post on Twitter. How to make this icon your Twitter profile picture: Right click on the image and save it to your computer. Sign into your Twitter account. Click "Settings" at the top of the page. Click "Profile." Click "Change Image." Browse your computer and select the image you just saved. Click "Save" and your profile picture will be updated.