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Job-Saving Wins Set Stage for Upcoming Contract Talks Four Local 132 members’ jobs were recently saved, thanks to successive arbitration victories won by the local’s leadership. An arbitrator found Edwin Riley, Frank Zavala, Simon Mendoza, and Juan Torres were wrongfully terminated and they have either returned to work or are in the process of doing…
Fires and Floods Highlight Work of CA Members as First Responders While UWUA members continued their rebuilding efforts on hurricane devastated Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, California was hit with wildfires and flashfloods. The growth in the severity of storms is shining a light on the role of utility workers as first responders. When…
The Year Ahead! This year is shaping up to be another blockbuster year for the UWUA. Our signature theme of Reclaim, Retrain, Repower, and Repair America is resonating with government officials, employers, industry regulators, and the public. We have positioned ourselves to make the most of what 2018 has to offer. Foremost is President Trump’s…
We are the Safest, Most Productive, Highest Skilled Workers While on my visit to a Local 1-2 System of Safety class at the Con Ed Learning Center in Queens, NY, I stopped at a work site and observed the members of Local 1-2’s Construction Services Group working on a new gas transmission project in the…
While my last report covered this same subject, most of the detail of the Republican tax plan had not yet come to light. Since that time, both the House and the Senate passed the legislation and will now be working to reconcile the differences between the two tax plans. As I pointed out in my…
Our National Funds Deliver! Recent collective bargaining victories by two UWUA locals will soon bring lower-cost benefit coverage to members. Local 197 members in Coos Bay, Oregon, who work for PacifiCorp, and Local 369 members in North Weymouth, Massachusetts, working for Calpine, took advantage of the UWUA’s National Health & Welfare Trust Fund (NH&WF) to…
Key Filing Compliance Requirements While this article on compliance and financial reporting may seem a bit redundant — it is necessary. Our goal is to continue providing guidance and/or support to help improve the reporting compliance of our affiliated locals and councils. In 2017, we met with many new financial officers and local leaders at…
The UWUA’s third Power for America Conference was the most successful yet, bringing together more than 450 members, October 18-20 in Las Vegas, NV, for three jam-packed days of education to build union power. The popularity of the conference is another example of how the UWUA continues to energize its members and their supporters around…
Utility Workers Local 127 Fights for the FUTURE of Coal A large, rural state known for beautiful landscapes and abundant wildlife, Wyoming is also the heart of energy country, with vast coal reserves from the Powder River Basin to the Red Desert driving energy production in power plants across the country, and oil and gas…
Brooke Lauber, Treasurer and Chief Steward, Local 129 “The biggest thing is that we are all united, we’re brothers and sisters that have the same struggles and the same triumphs. What we might struggle with at my local, another local might have a solution that we can take back and put into place with our local. I’m…