For press inquiries, please reach out to Communications Director Erin Bzymek at ebzymek@uwua.net or 202-702-9655.

President’s Message – July/Aug/Sept 2018

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When? As Utility Workers, we face life-threatening situations on the job every day. Hurricanes, fires, mudslides, explosions, you name it we deal with it. That’s why we focus on securing collective bargaining agreements that protect us from the dangers of our work. And that’s…

National Vice President’s Report – Spring 2018

Labor Rights are Human Rights April 4, 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While it is well known that Dr. King’s assassination took place in Memphis, most Americans are not aware of the fact that he went to Memphis in support of striking sanitation workers. The…

Executive Vice President’s Report – Spring 2018

Our Toolbox for Contract Negotiations Works! Union representation and strong UWUA contracts are what separates us from workers who have no voice and very few rights at work. With our contract, we cannot be fired at the whim of management, and our wages, benefits, working conditions, and more, are all protected. This gives us peace…

Honoring First Responders!

Linemen Sculpture to be Unveiled in Lakeland, FL “I lost my husband almost 16 years ago, on August 26, 2002,” says Tracy Moore, whose husband Marc was tragically electrocuted while working for the city of Lakeland, Florida. “I learned that day the true power in electricity, and the true sacrifice our linemen make — all…

Speaking Out 2018

What have you learned at your Regional Conference to take back to the members of your Local?   Alyna Kong Customer Service Rep. Local 132 “California Gubernatorial Candidate Antonio Villaraigosa was a guest speaker. Being a shop steward, my focus was always at a local level dealing with local management. I now realize there is a bigger picture.…

Repower Our Locals!

Regional Education Conferences are Off and Running In late April and mid-May, UWUA members and officers attended Regions V and I’s Educational Conferences in California and New Jersey respectively. With two more regional conferences slated for 2018, the National Union is well on the way toward meeting its goal of educating, activating and mobilizing its…

Electing Labor Friendly Representatives

At the heart of all union work is the ability to organize, bargain, and act collectively to improve the lives of workers and their families. Nothing is more essential to making this work possible than a political climate that is in solidarity with unions and workers and, as such, the UWUA continues to seek out…

Defending Our Jobs, Building Our Future

Pricing grid reliability in electricity markets Seeking to defend irreplaceable baseload power generation infrastructure to continue providing resilience and security to the national grid, the UWUA recently filed comments both individually, and in conjunction with other energy-sector labor unions, with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Continued under-valuation of the contribution that is made by…