Loss of a Brother at Local 423Our Hearts Go Out to Brother Singley’s Family UWUA Local 423 lost a colleague, brother and friend on June 12, 2013, to a workplace accident. Hubert Humphrey Singley, 52 of Piscataway, worked at New Jersey American Water for sixteen years as a ...
UWUA Local 246 Workers Prepare for San Onofre RetiringAfter over 45 years of service, the San Onofre nuclear units will be retired. SCE and Local 246 will be entering into effects negotiations on the planned lay-offs. The plan is to reduce to 600 employees at the station by the end of August 2013, and...
Local 223 UWUA to Add to Bargaining UnitLocal 223 UWUA to Add Minimum of 150 New Customer Service Positions into OPT Bargaining Unit Local 223 UWUA recently completed negotiations in the Customer Service group with Union members who are now performing work that contractors had been perform...
Union Plus Mortgage Assistance Helps UWUA Member During LockoutOn July 1,2012, Con Edison took the drastic step of locking out their union workers, including Leonard Marsigliano of West Nyack, NY, and Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Local 1-2. Marsigliano was worried about how long it would take to go ba...
- First Energy / Potomac Edison / West Penn Power Seek to Eliminate Customer Service Satisfaction Measures
In an unexpected announcement, FirstEnergy is demanding elimination of a labor agreement that was put in place by Potomac Edison and West Penn Power several years before FirstEnergy recently took control of these companies. FirstEnergy’s elimin...
- UWUA Locals Band Together
RESOLUTION OF SOLIDARITY WHEREAS, FirstEnergy is one of the largest electric utility giants in North America and the parent corporation for nwnerous power plants, service facilities, and distribution facilities throughout West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsyl...
UWUA Local 457 Sammis Workers Fed Up with Short-Sighted CutsUWUA Local 457 at W.H. Sammis plant is in a second-step grievance with FE over unilateral changes in the long-term disability benefit. After the union agreed to alter LTD to better serve members in contract talks 19 months ago, FE now seeks to change...
- UWUA Local 180 Wins Arbitration Over Mandatory Call Outs
On January 28, arbitrator Elliot Newman ruled against FE for imposing discipline on a UWUA member for not meeting purported minimum call-out requirements. Local 180 at FE’s Pennsylvania Electric won the precedent setting case, and by mutual agreement...
NLRB Seeks Huge Backpay at HarrisonThe National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint charging FirstEnergy with massive unfair labor practices at the Harrison Power Station near Shinnston, W. Va. The complaint charges FirstEnergy with illegally slashing pay and benefits for Har...
UWUA Locals Adopt ‘Resolution of Solidarity’ at FirstEnergyThe executive boards at every UWUA local union at FirstEnergy have unanimously adopted a “Resolution of Solidarity” committing to a coordinated bargaining and grassroots mobilization strategy to end unfair management attacks on union workers and our ...
- Local 223 Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) Reaches Tentative Agreement with DTE Energy
DEARBORN, Mich. – March 1, 2013 – Local 223 Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) today announced it has reached a tentative agreement with DTE Energy. Local 223 UWUA will next move to set up ratification meetings with its membership to vote on the...
UWUA Local 388 Serving the CommunityLocal 388 Raises $5,400.00 for West Michigan Food Bank UWUA Local 388 was inspired by a poster showing how much $10.00 could buy at the Food Bank, so the Local decided to host a fund drive. The Local raised $1,800.00 from the membership (in 5 days) ...
Local 223 UWUA Organizes Three New GroupsLocal 223 UWUA Vice President Rich Harkins recently announced three new groups that are now represented by Local 223. Welcome to 47 new members of Local 223! Twenty-three non-represented Nuclear Supervising Operators at Fermi 2 joined Local 223. The ...
UWUA Local 534 Supports Emergency Services and Students in New JerseyLocal 534 recently held their annual employee Holiday Party at the Graycliff Catering Hall in Moonachie, NJ. UWUA Local 534 sponsored a “Tricky Tray” to help benefit the Little Ferry and Moonachie, NJ Emergency services who had all of the...
W.Va. American Water Wants Nearly 20 Percent Rate HikeThe Grinch is alive and well and living in the mountains of West Virginia. Who else would announce a blistering rate increase the week before Christmas? by The Associated Press The Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia American Wate...
Participate in Gleaner’s Food Drive During the HolidaysPlease consider participating in the Local 223 UWUA food drives for Gleaners during the holidays. Local 223 has been collecting food for the needy since 2008. In the past two years more than 1,400 pounds was collected. Local 223 members are encourage...
Sol Stetin Award American Labor Museum Present to UWUA PresidentAnnually, the American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark presents two distinguished individuals with the Sol Stetin Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the well-being of working people. The 2012 Sol Stetin Awards were ...
G555 and Dominion Send Aid to New JerseyNovember 5, 2012 To: Union Local G555 Members Re: G555 and Dominion Send Aid to New Jersey Our fellow Americans on the East Coast have been devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Many people are out of electricity and natural gas. Dominion East Ohio a...
- UWUA Local 601 dropped “Save New Jersey Electric and Gas Public Utility Customer Service and Call Center Jobs Act”
AN ACT concerning the relocation of electric and gas public utility call centers and supplementing chapter 21 of Title 34 of the Revised Statutes. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. This act shall be known...
- Hurricane Sandy Assistance for UWUA Local 102 Members
The Union office received a call from United States Senator Bob Casey’s office offering to help the Utility Workers Union of America members with any problems that have occurred related to Hurricane Sandy. The Union appreciates the Senator’s concern ...
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