UWUA E-News 4/19/2016

UWUA News

Power Plant Workers Keep Focus, Pride During Shutdown, Career Changes Share
At its peak, the plant employed more than 130 union workers, said Dean Smith, a long time Cobb Plant employee and President of Local 103 of the Utility Workers Union of America. Read More

Labor News

On Verizon Picket Line, A Demand For Dignity Share
It’s unconscionable for a highly profitable company to ship overseas the kind of jobs that long sustained America’s middle class. Read More

Verizon Releases App That Lets Non-union Employees Record Workers On Strike Share
Verizon is taking an unorthodox step: the company has released an app to non-unionized employees that will let them record unionized workers during a strike. Read More

Union Members See A 600% ROI For Each Dollar Paid In Union Dues, Illinois Report Says Share
For every $1 paid in dues and fees, a union member gets back an estimated $6.12 in after-tax income. Read More

Utility News

Amid Layoffs In Fossil Fuels, State Democrats Strategize For Clean Energy Jobs Share
The Democrats would keep pushing on clean energy initiatives with the knowledge that significant re-training and workforce development could be part of it. Read More

Water Utility Leaders Lobby Congress Over Water Infrastructure Renewal Share
More than 130 water utility professionals from 47 states visited their members of Congress in Washington, D.C. to urge funding for critical loan programs to repair and renew water and wastewater systems across the U.S. Read More

COPE (Political Education)

Senate Republicans Ready To Block Next Supreme Court Pick, Too Share
If the political world is thinking that next year, the process will go smoothly because the president Republicans despise will be out of office, that assumption needs to be reevaluated. Read More

Human Rights

A Look Into Black History And Civil Rights Through Photos Share
Washington, D.C. holds countless memories, buildings, and stories of those who have struggled tirelessly for equal rights. Read More

Working People In Unions Stand With LGBTQ Brothers And Sisters Against Discrimination Share
H.B. 2 means lower wages, less safe workplaces, weaker benefits, and more discrimination. Read More

Retirement Today

Women And Retirement Savings Share
Too often employees, especially women, quit work, transfer to another job, or interrupt their work lives just short of the time required to become vested. Read More

New Employee Savings Tips Share
If you start saving now, the money will have years to grow and you’ll have a better chance of being able to do all the things you want to do in the future. Read More

Veterans Affairs and Information

Semper K9 Trains Rescue Dogs To Help Disabled Veterans Share
It takes nine months to two years of teaching before a pooch is ready to be turned over to a veteran, Christopher Baity said. Read More

Inside The Koch Brothers’ Plot To Sell Out Veterans’ Health Care Share
Our armed forces risk life and limb to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies,” and in exchange they will be taken care of when they return. Read More

Labor’s Day in History

April 20, 1914 Share
Ludlow massacre: Colorado state militia, using machine guns and fire, kill about 20 people—including 11 children—at a tent city set up by striking coal miners. Read More

April 24, 2013 Share
An eight-story building housing garment factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapses, killing 1,129 workers and injuring 2,515. A day earlier, cracks had been found in the structure, but factory officials, who had contracts with Benneton and other major U.S. labels, insisted the workers return to the job the next day. Read More