UWUA News
NYC Labor & UWUA 1-2 Rally For a Fair Contract Today Share
Come support your Brothers and Sisters in New York as they rally for a fair contract on July 17, 2012. Read More
Pressure Rises on Con Ed and Union to End Dispute Share
Despite increasing pressure from elected officials to end the lockout before the summer heat causes a major power failure or one of the replacement workers is seriously injured, neither side has budged. Read More
New York City Council Speaker Calls on Con Ed to End Lockout of 8,500 Workers Share
Con Edison’s decision to unilaterally impose a lockout during a heat wave, after 30 years of no job disruptions, was an escalation of management/labor tensions to an unprecedented degree, placing many New Yorkers’ lives in danger. Read More
UWUA to Host Reception for Sen. Debbie Stabenow Share
The Utility Workers Union of America will be hosting a reception for U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow on Friday, August 10, 2012 at 6:30 in the evening at the Lexington Lansing Hotel, 925 South Creyts Road, Lansing, MI. Read More
Labor News
Call Grows for Olympic Uniforms to Be Made in the U.S.A. Share
I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again. Read More
Fed Shifts Focus to Jobs as Unemployment Stalls Above 8% Share
The failure to bring joblessness closer to Fed officials’ longer-run goal of 5.2 percent to 6 percent has prompted Bernanke and his lieutenants to emphasize the need for economic growth over price stability. Read More
Phased Retirements Approved: Here’s Who Should Consider It Share
Employees taking phased retirement for a few years at the end of a career would take a small reduction in future pension payouts in order to begin to draw a reduced pension while working reduced hours. Read More
COPE (Political Education)
Organized Labor Holding Its Own Convention Instead of Attend Democratic Convention Share
Instead of giving money to the Obama campaign and Democrats they are focusing on their own event that rivals the Democratic convention. Read More
Human Rights
Know Your Rights – You Have the Following Rights At Work Share
Working America wants to make sure you know your rights and can fight to protect them. Read More
Tips for Female Boomers Nearing Retirement Share
More than 60% of boomer women will qualify for Social Security retirement benefits based on their own earnings, and only one in 10 will likely rely solely on spouse or survivor benefits. Read More
Veterans Affairs and Information
Report Calls for Improved Care for Veterans with PTSD Share
The congressionally mandated report also said that the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs should launch research programs to evaluate the effectiveness of their PTSD programs and make the findings widely available. Read More
Labor’s Day in History
July 1903 Share
Labor organizer Mary Harris (“Mother”) Jones leads child workers in demanding a 55 hour work week. Read More
14 July 1877 Share
A general strike halted the movement of U.S. railroads. In the following days, strike riots spread across the United States. The next week, federal troops were called out to force an end to the nationwide strike. At the “Battle of the Viaduct” in Chicago, federal troops (recently returned from an Indian massacre) killed 30 workers and wounded over 100. Read More
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