UWUA News
UWUA and Power for America Training Trust Fund Construction Update Share
Check out the photo gallery and progress as UWUA members help construct the Practical Room at Dawson Tech College for the Utility Workers Military Assistance Program (UMAP). Read More
UWUA Commitee on Political Education (COPE) Page a Valuable Resource Share
The UWUA COPE webpage has been feverishly updated with videos and valuable information for our members during this important election year. Check It Out
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
Support Your Brothers & Sisters – Tell American Water CEO: Stop Your Attacks on Working Families! Share
American Water is waging an all-out attack on working families in this Country. Please take 2 minutes to sign our petition. Sign Petition Now
Labor News
Postal Service Holds Back on Closings Share
Giving Congress more time to pass legislation to overhaul the financially struggling agency, the service held back from the wholesale closings of mostly rural post offices that it had proposed last year. Read More
Manufacturing Jobs Coming Home to US Share
Manufacturers have discovered the value of bringing production closer to the point of sale, where their employees can engage more directly with customers and adapt quickly to changes in the market. Read More
Industry News
Is Coal Dead? Not A Chance Share
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has “no plans” to develop regulations on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for currently operating coal-fired power plants. That’s according to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, who spoke after a ruling that capped only CO2 emissions for coal plants not yet under construction, and then only to the level of a new natural gas-fired plant. Read More
ElectraTherm’s Green Machine Generates Power from Waste Heat at Czech Republic Biogas Facility Share
This is the first time Organic Rankine Cycle technology has been used in the country to generate power from waste heat at a small-scale biogas facility. Read More
States of Denial
Wisconsin Democrats Easily Outpoll Scott Walker as Recall Race Is Set Share
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won a sweeping victory in the primary to choose a Democratic nominee to oppose anti-labor Governor Scott Walker in Wisconsin’s June 5 recall election. Read More
COPE (Political Education)
Urge Congress to Pass a New Glass-Steagall Act Share
This was the law that stopped investment banks from gambling away people’s life savings for decades — until Wall Street successfully lobbied to have it repealed in 1999. Read More
Tell the SEC Disclose CEO Pay Info Now Share
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires public companies to disclose CEO-to-worker pay ratios. Disclosing these pay ratios will shame companies into stopping runaway CEO pay. Read More
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