UWUA News
UWUA Power for America Training Trust Fund Collaborates With Green Students Share
The UWUA Power for America Training Trust Fund website was recently found to be a great resource for students in Delaware. Rich Mata, UWUA National Training Director, reported the class found our site and utilized our information for a project on green energy and they also shared some of their favorite green energy resources with us. It is extremely encouraging to see students involved in projects that are so important to the future of our country and world. Read More

A Sad Scene in America, the Past Dishonored and the Future Neglected Share
From UWUA's Chief of Staff, Stewart Acuff. "Our nation has just been shook by a completely home grown, manufactured and totally avoidable economic crisis--the politization of the USA's ability to pay its debts." Read More

States of Denial
Jobless Claims Decline to 4-Month Low Share
The number of Americans claiming new jobless benefits fell to a four-month low last week, the Labor Department said in its weekly report, providing a rare ray of hope for the nation’s battered economy. Read More

Blame for Financial Mess Starts With The Corporate Lobby Share
Did you see this week’s cartoon cover of the New Yorker? That’s you in top hat and tails sipping champagne in the lifeboat as the Titanic is sinking. Problem is, nobody thinks it’s a joke anymore. Read More

The Hijacked Crisis Share
This is what happens when influential people exploit a crisis instead of doing something about solving it. Read More

Industry News
New Rules and Old Plants May Strain Summer Energy Supplies Share
As 58 million people across 13 states sweated through the third day of a heat wave last month, power demand in North America’s largest regional grid jurisdiction hit a record high. And yet there was no shortage, no rolling blackout and no brownout in an area that stretches from Maryland to Chicago. Read More

Female Veterans Breaking Silence, Beating Trauma share
"Post-traumatic stress is a strange disease in that it has the same blueprint for everybody. The vets are fearful. Many of them can barely get out of the bed. Many have lost their jobs, or [are] in a position where they're being suspended because they're missing work, and their boss doesn't understand why," says Bolling. Read More

Political Education (COPE)
In the Fight For Cash, It's a Battle of the Super PACs Share
Super PACs in general have raised a combined total of $26 million in the first six months of the year. Compare that to the more than $60 million the first crop of Super PACs raised last year. Read More

Labor News
Some AFL-CIO Unions Boycotting 2012 Democratic Convention? Share
The selection of Charlotte, North Carolina for the Democratic national convention in 2012 has prompted a boycott from one of the party’s most reliable and needed constituencies. Read More

Union, Verizon Both File Unfair Labor Charges Share
The union accused Verizon of “refusing to bargain and negotiate in good faith,’’ while a Verizon spokesman said the company filed similar charges against the union. Read More

US Labor Department Launches National Outreach Campaign To Protect Workers From Heat-Related Illnesses Share
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced, from Anaheim, Calif., a national outreach initiative by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to educate workers and their employers about the hazards of working outdoors in the heat and steps needed to prevent heat-related illnesses. Read More

Employers Adjust Retiree Drug Plans As Tax Break Ends Share
Many employers that face the loss of a federal tax break for providing prescription drug coverage to Medicare-eligible employees in 2013 already are restructuring the benefit. Read More

Who Pays and Who Gets What From Social Security Share
Revenue could be increased by raising the wage-base cap, restoring the percentage of all wages taxed to 90 percent. This was recommended by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, which has been ignored by both parties. Read More