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We gathered recently to reflect on this past year, and two themes kept coming up. The first was gratitude. We’re all so very thankful for the incredible work accomplished by our union’s local leaders, National representatives and staff over the past year. The second is the undercurrent of excitement in the air about organized labor.…
This year the UWUA launched a scholarship program which supports children of UWUA members as they pursue trade school or college opportunities. The scholarship is open to any graduating high school senior who is the child of an active UWUA member. One $2,000 scholarship was granted in each of the union’s five regions. The program…
The UWUA wishes all our retirees health and happiness during your “golden years.” Enjoy it — you’ve earned it! Local 1-2 Richard Benitez June Bennett Juli Brown Joy Cutie Mauro Faiella Michael Ferrigno Dennis Fox Richard Galderisi Willam Garcia Paul Gorman Angela Jeter Peter King Noell Lopez Donald Luft Charles Meek Mark Myers Ching-Ho…
The UWUA wishes all our retirees health and happiness during your “golden years.” Enjoy it — you’ve earned it! Local 1-2 Robert Smith Local 101 Heather Ritchie John J. Siedlecki Local 104 David Mitchell, Jr. Local 105 Steven C. Brandt Scott L. Farver Holly A. Hartley Timothy A. Malik Raphael P. Melbourne Harmon M. Millard…
We in the Veterans Committee occasionally find ourselves putting aside our own personal or organizational priorities to take action on something that matters for the greater veterans’ community. This is one of those moments. Together with the Dixon Center, we are working hard to fend off efforts to privatize veteran healthcare services. It’s an imminent…
Brothers and Sisters, the importance and urgency outlined in the previous Young Workers Initiative Committee (YWIC) article regarding the need to vote, and to vote our interests has been greatly illuminated by recent current events. The stakes for the 2022 mid-term elections could not be higher. The outcome will no doubt go a long way…
When electric power goes out, troubleshooters are the first at the scene to determine what caused the outage. They’re the individuals who work with overhead linemen and splicers to handle storm damage. If a cable blows up, it’s the troubleshooter who isolates, deenergizes, and makes temporary repairs until an inspector can make permanent repairs. Local…
Members of Ohio Local 270 ratified their first UWUA contract with the City of Berea’s water department in June. The unit of 10 water workers organized in early 2021 but faced a long road to their first contract. “This was a tough one because both parties came to the table presenting a full contract,” Local…
The theme of the Utility Workers Union of America’s 31st and most recent constitutional convention in 2019 was “Our Mission: Protecting Our Legacy, Building Our Future!” and with the rapid changes occurring in the utility industry there is no better mission. Our industry is changing quickly. Although some of these changes are resulting in the…
Today we see thousands of workers taking back their power, grabbing headlines and securing big wins against the country’s most powerful, anti-union employers. Starbucks baristas, Amazon workers and young workers who have never been involved in an organizing campaign are taking on the Goliaths of the world and delivering radical change in their work lives.…