UWUA Local News
Lakeland Commissioners Opt for Cuts and Lower Utility Rate Hike Share
Faced with growing opposition to an electric rate increase from residents and business owners, Lakeland city commissioners moved to cut costs at the city utility and impose a smaller increase. Read More

Unions Urge PSC to Block Water Company Layoffs Share
West Virginia American Water's plan to lay off 10 percent of its employees will lead to a surge in water main breaks, slower response times to emergencies and health risks to customers, union workers alleged Thursday. Read More

States of Denial
Should Billionaires Pay Lower Taxes Than You Do? Share
Warren Buffett complains that he only paid the government 17.4% of his income last year and calls for investors to pay more. Read More

Labor News
Hershey's Tainted Chocolate Share
Against all odds, students working for the famous chocolate factory in Hershey, Pennsylvania have gone on strike to fight back against the company's predatory practices and to win fair wages. Read More

Can the Middle Class Be Saved? Share
The Great Recession has accelerated the hollowing-out of the American middle class. And it has illuminated the widening divide between most of America and the super-rich. Both developments herald grave consequences. Read More

Industry News
How the GOP Nominees Rank on Energy and Environment Share
Bachmann has been very clear that she thinks global warming is a hoax and the Environmental Protection Agency should be renamed “the job-killing organization of America.”  Read More

Veteran's Affairs and Information
US Labor Department Announces More Than $5.4 million in Job Training Grants to Benefit Homeless Veterans Share
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced 23 grants totaling $5,436,148 to provide homeless veterans with job training aimed at helping them succeed in civilian careers. The grants are being awarded by the department's Veterans' Employment and Training Service through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program. Read More

COPE
Labor Power AFL-CIO to Form Super PAC to Engage Beyond Unions Share
Powerful labor group AFL-CIO is forming a super PAC to engage nonunion members ahead of the 2012 elections, the group said last Tuesday. Read More

Wisdom of Progressive Voices Book Share
This special book features the wisdom of those who have led nations and causes, and those who call out our better spirits, to work toward both inner peace, and a more just society. Read More

Human Rights
Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Women’s Equality Day Share
"It has been a long journey, but each day brings America closer to the kind of true equality that our heroines like Susan B. Anthony and Alice Paul imagined for us when they led the fight for women's suffrage generations ago. Read More

Perry, Kasich Deny Jobless Workers $731 Million in Jobless Help Share
Just in case anybody wondered if Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) give a whit about jobless workers in their states, we’ve got an answer. They don’t. Read More

Where Do Your Social Security Tax Dollars Go? Share
85 cents of every Social Security tax dollar you pay goes to pay the monthly benefits to current retirees and their families and to surviving spouses and children of workers who have died. Read More