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When Utility Worker Union of America members joined together in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for their first constitutional convention on April 6, 1946, they made history. View the full UWUA history timeline here. Like the founding fathers of the United States, their goal was to form a more perfect union and hammer out a constitution to do…
“It’s kind of a sad, but successful story,” says Local 369 President Craig Pinkham when asked about the work his members are doing to decommission the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. “The fact is that even though the plant is decommissioned and there are not going to be any more Utility Workers onsite, our…
Hourly employees in the public works department of the City of Canfield, Ohio ratified their first union contract on November 8, capping off a successful two-year campaign in which the workers also faced down brazen acts of anti-union intimidation by the city manager. The contract victory secures a successful organizing drive from September 2019, when…
“We’re coming for everybody we can organize,” says Connecticut Local 470 President Moses Rams. “The company is on notice. It’s not a secret.” With strong contracts to support organizing efforts at United Illuminating, unorganized employees there are reaching out to Local 470 to become union members. Unions improve lives In the first of what Moses…
The customer experience team at Elizabethtown Gas Company in northern New Jersey voted overwhelmingly to join the UWUA in late October. The 70 new members of Local 601 work in the call center, billing department and walk-in customer service centers. “The organizing committee really wanted a union and worked hard to make that happen,” says…
1 -What is the legal authority for a vaccine mandate? The President and the federal government have broad discretion to impose these kinds of requirements in federal contracts. Specifically, the President has authority under the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act. The authority is granted…
This past year will surely be remembered as one of the most challenging in our country’s, indeed our world’s, history. As we began 2021, we all looked forward to putting the pandemic behind us. There are few families that did not experience the loss of a loved one to the virus, and our union grieves…
The Utility Workers Union of America is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1946. Throughout its 75-year history, the union’s constitution has provided the structure to empower members and their union, and, in so doing, protect families, communities, and the nation. It is as valuable now as it was when it was first…