Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.ueunion.org/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.ueunion.org/images/mi_uelogo4-drkm.gif /> http://www.ueunion.org/ http://www.ueunion.org/ueactionupdates.html?news=669 Political Action Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:37:52 -0500 Just days after delivering more than one million signatures to force a recall election on anti-worker Governor Scott Walker, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO has announced a statewide "Reclaim Wisconsin Tour." http://www.ueunion.org/ueactionupdates.html?news=668 Political Action Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:11:23 -0500 So-called "right-to-work" legislation has absolutely nothing to do with helping anyone find a job or keep their job. Rather, "right to work" is a cleverly deceptive label for an attack on unions. http://www.ueunion.org/uenewsupdates.html?news=667 UE News Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:44:34 -0500 A UE delegation from Local 506 joined a London, Ontario rally of 15,000 in defense of locomotive workers there who have been locked out by Caterpillar Inc., which is trying to slash their wages and benefits. http://www.ueunion.org/uenewsupdates.html?news=666 UE News Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:03:11 -0500 Rick Peduzzi, the union's hardworking Director of Special Projects whose many contributions to the union include creating and maintaining this website, died January 18 as the result of an apparent stroke. He was just 56 years old. http://www.ueunion.org/ueactionupdates.html?news=665 Political Action Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:32:02 -0500 Opponents of Wisconsin's union-busting governor Scott Walker today filed more than one million signatures on petitions calling for his recall. The legal requirement was for 540,000 signatures. The petitions delivered to the state Government Accountability Board in Madison weighed 1.5 tons. http://www.ueunion.org/uenewsupdates.html?news=664 UE News Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:05:43 -0500 David Montgomery, the most respected U.S. labor historian and a longtime friend of UE, died on December 2 at age 84. In the early 1950s Montgomery was a UE member at Premier Machine, a small machine shop in Greenwich Village which was part of UE Local 475, a large amalgamated local in New York City. Many years later he was a guest speaker at four UE conventions. Montgomery helped to transform the writing and teaching of labor history, from merely the institutional history of individual unions, to examining in detail the lives, work and struggles of workers. http://www.ueunion.org/uenewsupdates.html?news=663 UE News Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:22:42 -0500 Professor Richard D. Wolff is a professor of economics who has published numerous books on the subject of economic democracy and has appeared as a guest on television and radio news programs including Democracy Now! and The Real News. He currently hosts a weekly radio program on economics and society called Economic Update, at WBAI in New York City. Some of his lectures, based on his book "Capitalism Hits the Fan", are available for online viewing. http://www.ueunion.org/uenewsupdates.html?news=662 UE News Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:01:13 -0500 At the end of a tough round of negotiations that included membership rejection in October of an earlier company offer, UE Local 1137 members have approved a new two-year agreement with Ferro Pfanstiehl, a pharmaceutical manufacturer. The new contract includes hourly raises of 45 cents each, and brings three workers who were below the standard wage rates up to rate. http://www.ueunion.org/uenewsupdates.html?news=661 UE News Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:08:44 -0500 UE Local 222 has won a big victory for the newly-organized school paraprofessionals in Branford, Connecticut. A few days after their resounding organizing election victory last June, the Board of Education improperly terminated four of the workers. Those four workers have now been reinstated with back pay. http://www.ueunion.org/ueactionupdates.html?news=660 Political Action Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:59:04 -0500 Jason Whisler, UE Local 896's political action chair and a teaching assistant and graduate student in history at the University of Iowa, analyzes Iowa labor's important win in the 18th state senate district. UE - The USA's Rank-and-File Union