Download Electronic Version of the Utility Workers Apr/May/Jun 2011

Selected Stories from the Apr/May/Jun Issue

COVER STORY

We Are One! - When voters gave Republicans complete control of 21 state governments in the mid-term elections, little did they know that they themselves would be in the crosshairs of the new crop of legislators. Now, working people and their unions are standing up and fighting back! Read More

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Awakening of a Movement - As we prepare to chart a course for the next four years at our 29th Constitutional Convention, there is a growing sense that the American people have just about reached their limit on how far they are willing to go along with those who seek to roll back the clock to a time when working people did not have the right to join unions and bargain collectively for better pay, hours and working conditions.

A lot of people are saying that attacking workers and cutting such popular programs as Medicare, is not what they voted for in last November’s elections. The right-wing politicians are over reaching and the people are waking up. Read More

FEATURES

OH Local G555 Gaining Members in Tough Times
Pipeline Replacement Project jobs are our jobs
UWUA members are proving, once again, that they are better equipped to handle demanding physical and clerical work than outside contractors. Dominion East Ohio is filling 70 jobs with UWUA members. Read More

MI Nuclear Techs Win Organizing Campaign
Join other. Entergy Palisades workers in Local 150
Organizing within a nuclear facility with an already active membership, Local 150 recently welcomed aboard 58 nuclear techs at Entergy Palisades Power Plant in Covert, MI. Read More


American Water Campaign for Justice Escalates
Nationwide mobilization now includes AFL-CIO
UWUA members, their union and community allies across the country continue to stand up against the rank corporate greed exhibited by American Water and its top managers.

Union workers are carrying their fight for justice from the nation’s largest for-profit water utility to new battlegrounds – on picket lines at American Water facilities, in communities served by the company, from the floor of the corporation’s annual shareholder meeting, and elsewhere -- and winning some important victories. Read More

COLUMNS

Human Rights Committee
Meet our newest members
The Human Rights Committee continues to reach out to locals and members to provide advocacy, training and support in the areas of human rights/civil rights. As part of its work, the committee just recently completed a PowerPoint presentation and is now eager to make it available to locals for training and workshops. Locals and members who are interested in using the presentation can contact the Human Rights Committee through the National office. For more information, and to meet three members who recently joined the committee Click Here.

2013 UWUA Scholarship Program
If your son or daughter will graduate from high school in 2012 and enroll full time in college in 2013, you may be interested in learning about the UWUA Scholarship Program. For rules and entry form, Click Here.

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