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At our union’s convention next month, delegates will participate in four action-packed days built around the theme of “Utility Workers: Essential by Industry, Exceptional by Choice.” Three days will have special sub-themes that highlight steps the UWUA is taking to position itself for a strong future. Embracing Our Differences The first day of the convention…
New Jersey Local 601 members recently won new agreements at both Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) and Veolia Water and welcomed three new units from Elizabethtown Gas, following the local’s recent first contract victory for the company’s call center workers. Strong Contract at PSE&G Local 601 represents the utility’s approximately 1,200 customer service workers…
1. Nonmembers’ Right to Object. Any employee who is not a member of the UWUA, and who pays fees to the UWUA and/or a Local Union pursuant to a collectively bargained union-security provision, will have the right to object to expenditures paid for activities, which are not reasonably related to collective bargaining. Such activities are…
Memorial Day honors the men and women who have died while serving in our military. It originated after the Civil War — a war that had claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history up to that point and necessitated the establishment of national cemeteries. By the late 1860s, Americans in various cities and…
This April, UWUA Government Affairs Director Lee Anderson attended a White House meeting where the Biden Administration announced historic new actions to create jobs and invest in the energy communities that have powered this nation for generations. President Biden came to the White House to take action to help energy-producing parts of the country, which…
The United States is working toward climate goals that include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and achieving 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035. These objectives have increased the urgency of developing clean and renewable energy sources. In the race to build the ideal energy mix, small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) are emerging…
For two days in March, West Virginia high school students who participate in career and technical education classes at various career centers gathered to test their skills and be evaluated by experts at the SkillsUSA state competition. Local 304 President Stewart Whitehair and member Ricci Bodkins, both electricians at Monongahela Power’s Harrison Station, served as…
Members of Local 609 working for Northern Pipeline recently settled a new four-year agreement that delivers a 6% wage increase in its first year and 3% in each subsequent year — all in all, 15.8% when compounded over the full term. Members will also see a 20% increase in employer contributions to their 401(k) retirement…
Roswell is a city in southeast New Mexico that is known as the site of an alleged UFO crash in 1947. Rather than shy away from the UFO legend, Roswell not only embraces it but celebrates its possible extraterrestrial past. Roswell is the home of the annual UFO Festival, the International UFO Museum, and UWUA…
Baseball players in the minor leagues, retail workers at REI in Cleveland, Starbucks baristas across the country, school bus manufacturers in the South and strippers in California recently secured big organizing wins that will build their power and secure better benefits and safer working conditions. These groups of workers – in roles, industries or regions…