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Looking to the Future I’d like to take this opportunity to acknowledge you, our members, for all the work you do, day in and day out, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, 365-days a year. You keep the lights on, the water flowing, the gas burning, and make a good living doing so, thanks to…
We are First Responders! Hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused massive destruction and upended the lives of untold millions of people. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones and the millions more who are still dealing with the aftermath of the storms. Even before the hurricanes made landfall, our members, particularly our…
UWUA Local 335 volunteers teamed up with the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance and Missouri American Water in August to complete construction of a non-motorized boat ramp at Minnie Ha Ha Park in Sunset Hills, MO, for the second time this year. The ramp was less than a week old when catastrophic flooding destroyed the newly poured…
Each year, two UWUA members’ children are awarded college scholarships through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). The Scholarship Program maintains the legacy started by a group of delegates at the 10th Constitutional Convention in 1959. The delegates proposed that scholarships be reserved only for children of UWUA members in good standing, and only to…
Members of the UWUA’s three national committees – Human Rights, Young Workers, and the Women’s Caucus – will host numerous activities at the Power for America’s third National Conference on October 18-20. The important perspectives and expertise the three national committees bring to the conference will help meet the conference goal of helping to re-energize…
“Tax Reform:” Just Another Giveaway to the Rich Television ads are now running in support of an as yet unseen so-called tax reform bill. One of the ads focuses on a laid off blue collar worker. The laid off worker states that he lost his job due to foreign competition and that if the corporate…
Education/Communication/Implementation Our National Union represents thousands of utility workers in the electric, gas, and water industries with a diverse workforce that includes physical and clerical classifications. While this is the norm that we have grown accustomed to, many now say that DATA is becoming the newest utility. With that in mind, the National Office is…
As you read this, final preparations are being made for our third Power for America National Conference. The event brings together several hundred UWUA members in a clear example of our union’s commitment to continuous learning for union officers, stewards and rank-and-file members. By offering learning opportunities — not just for new members coming into…
JD started a family tradition when, at the age of 18, he followed in his father’s footsteps and became a lineman working out of IBEW Local 1319. After an extended time there, JD, who had already married his high school sweat heart, Jen George, found a new job with the Borough of Ellwood City, PA,…