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UWUA News
Utility Municipalization is a Knee-Jerk Reaction by Daniel Hurley of UWUA Local 369 Share
A comprehensive plan by the utilities and the first responders, the Utility Workers, should be developed to safely and expeditiously restore power to all customers. Read More
UWUA Local 102 Supports Occupy Pittsburgh on Christmas Day Share
Local 102 delivered Christmas dinner to the Occupy Pittsburgh movement on Christmas day. Read More
Playing Bigger Than You Are by Stewart Acuff UWUA Chief of Staff Share
The folks in the Occupy movement are doing that very well. Indeed, they have changed the political and economic discourse in America. Read More
Wyoming Public Service Commission Approves Rocky Mountain Power Rate Increase Share
The three-member Wyoming Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved a settlement agreement between Rocky Mountain Power and more than a dozen groups that objected to the utility’s original request. Read More
The Utility Workers Mourns the Passing of former Local 1-2 Business Manager Henry Helmer Share
Henry "Dutch" Helmer passed away on December 27, 2011 at his home with his family at his side. Read More
UWUA 2012 Legislative Activities Announcement Share
As we roll into 2012 UWUA's schedule is starting to fill with exciting conferences to engage membership and continue our momentum in a crucial election year. Read More
Labor News
Why Does Big Labor Support the Stop Online Piracy Act? Share
SOPA is a dangerous bill. It threatens the most vibrant sector of our economy — Internet commerce. Read More
Instead of Work, Younger Women Head to School Share
There are now — for the first time in three decades — more young women in school than in the work force. Read More
Industry News
Workers File Federal Labor Complaint Against Asheville Call Center Share
Workers with a 600-employee call center have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, saying they were threatened with firing after attempting to form a union. Read More
Best of the Best (Quotes) From 2011 Share
One, though, remained etched in my mind from the minute I replayed it off the taped interview from last August. It came through the vibrant voice of Stewart Acuff, Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President of the Utility Workers Union of America (AFL-CIO). Read More
States of Denial
Coming January 20: Occupy the Courts Share
Mark the date of the Supreme Court's abominable decision in Citizens United v FEC and organize to overrule it! Learn more and join one of the hundred or so actions already planned, or initiate your own! Read More
Video: Where Are the Jobs? Share
Michigan is confused, where are the jobs Mr. Snyder? Watch Now
Many of State's Jobless Struggle: No Benefits, No Job and No Luck Finding One Share
Thousands of Michigan’s unemployed have a renewed lifeline with last week’s extension of federal jobless benefits. Read More
Eliot Spitzer: Our Rallying Cry Should Be, "We Own Wall Street and We Can Stop Corporate America's Worst Behavior." Share
In general American politics has lost sight of the most important crisis of our generation: the shrinking middle class. Read More
The 1 Percenters Who Act Like Scrooge...and the Ones Who Don't Share
You dealt in risky derivatives and mortgage schemes that helped tank the global economy. You defrauded your investors. Your bank has even had the gall to foreclose on military families. Read More
COPE (Political Education)
Iowa: The People's Caucus Share
With the "People's Caucus," activists are taking advantage of the intense national spotlight shined on the state once every four years, hosting a week of teach-ins and nonviolent direct actions focused on Occupy issues, most prominently the need to get corporate money out of politics. Read More
10 Ultra-Rich Congresspeople Who 'Represent' Some of the Most Financially Screwed Districts Share
According to a Washington Post story this week, “Between 1984 and 2009, the median net worth of a member of the House more than doubled, according to the analysis of financial disclosures, from $280,000 to $725,000 in inflation-adjusted 2009 dollars, excluding home equity. Read More
Human Rights
OSHA Aims to Protect Workers During Winter Storms Share
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has created a web page to help protect workers from hazards they may face during winter storm response and recovery operations. Read More
Veterans Affairs and Information
Veterans' New Mission: Taking Care Of Their Own Share
Members want returning veterans to have an easier road to reintegration than those who returned from Vietnam. Read More
Labor's Time In History Share
2 January 1920 - The U.S. Bureau of Investigation began carrying out the nationwide Palmer Raids. Federal agents seized labor leaders and literature in the hopes of discouraging labor activity. A number of citizens were turned over to state officials for prosecution under various anti-anarchy statutes.
5 January 1914 - The Ford Motor Company raised its basic wage from $2.40 for a nine hour day to $5 for an eight hour day.
5 January 1970 - Joseph A. Yablonski, unsuccessful reform candidate to unseat "Tough Tony" Boyle as President of the United Mine Workers, was murdered, along with his wife and daughter, in their Clarksville, Pennsylvania home by assassins acting on Boyle's orders. Boyle was later convicted of the killing. West Virginia miners went on strike the following day in protest.
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