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July/August/September 2025

Celebrating the power of the labor movement with the "It's Better in a Union" bus tour.
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Power for America

Jon Harmon explains how UWUA members can tap into a range of training and educational offerings available to them through P4A.
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Learn about what it takes to work in a power plant

UWUA members who work in power plants ensure reliable, efficient, and safe energy production every day. They work around the clock, managing complex equipment and control systems while maintaining a steadfast focus on safety.
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Members

UWUA members are first responders and frontline workers who protect public health and safety. Highly skilled individuals who make up UWUA’s membership provide essential services that keep our homes, businesses, and schools running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round. Members are empowered in their workplaces and united by the belief in the dignity and worth of our work.

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Kaela Osborne

Osborne is an auxiliary equipment operator at a power plant in Ohio. Recently, her role has focused more on wastewater treatment, which is critical for compliance and conservation. She also reviews any equipment, chemistry, or operational issues, and stays in constant communication with the lab to keep everything within required ranges. Besides wastewater, she is also responsible for the plant’s dry fly ash system, which handles another byproduct of combustion.

 

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Organize Your Workplace

Unions bring people together. Unions level the playing field. Unions build power. Union members earn higher wages, receive better pension benefits, and enjoy better health insurance coverage than their non-union counterparts.

Reach out to UWUA’s organizing team if you’re interested in starting the conversation about how to start a union. We’re here to answer your questions and guide you along the way.

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James Slevin National President, UWUA

About UWUA

UWUA members provide essential services. We keep the power on, we keep the water flowing, we make sure gas is there when you need it, and much more.

We power America in coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro-electric power plants, ensuring the lights stay on around the clock. We are meeting the future in energy storage facilities and on utility-scale solar farms. We keep our customers healthy by providing clean drinking water, treating wastewater, and maintaining water systems. We ensure communities have municipal services. We respond to consumer needs, and we prepare for energy and water system repairs and the future of our utility infrastructure.

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