UE NEWS Updates

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UE News as a Teaching Tool: Lunch and Learn in Local 150

Abril 1, 2015

The UE NEWS aims to be informative, educational and interesting to UE members, and it’s always heartening to get feedback from someone who enjoyed an article and learned something from it, or thought that one of Gary Huck’s cartoon hit the nail on the head on a current issue.

But some UE leaders in North Carolina have found a way to increase the impact of the UE NEWS. Through what they call “lunch-and-learn”, they engage members in group reading and discussion of articles in the UE NEWS. Some of them have been doing it for more than 10 years.

Women's History: How Young Women Shook Up GE in the '70s

Febrero 27, 2015

In the 1970s, salaried women workers at Erie GE fought important battles for workplace equality, including two strikes in 1974 and ’75 in which they demanded equal pay for equal work. The participants in these struggles were predominantly young women, and they were influenced by the ideas of the feminist movement as well as by UE’s long-established principles of equality and rank-and-file unionism.

School Custodians, Maintenance, Groundskeepers Win Largest Wage Increase in Many Years

Febrero 24, 2015

Before contract negotiations began, the members of Local 222, Sub-local 9, the New Fairfield Board of Education custodians, maintenance and groundskeepers, told their bargaining committee they needed significant wage gains. Their hourly wage rates were several dollars below those of comparable Connecticut school districts. Thanks to a strong committee and a unified membership, they were able to achieve that goal and settled a new four-year contract that runs through June 2018 and delivers the largest wage increases seen by this unit in many years.

Local 896-COGS Stop Concessions, Ratify Contract with Important Gains

Febrero 20, 2015

UE Local 896-COGS (Committee to Organize Graduate Students), the union of graduate teaching assistants and research assistants at the University of Iowa, ratified a new two-year contract this week. They blocked the university's efforts to take back much of what they'd gained in past contracts, and instead made important gains in many areas, thanks to membership involvement.

Saying "Our Lives Matter", Tulip Workers Fight and Win

Febrero 20, 2015

UE Local 1135 ratified a new four year contract with the Tulip Corporation on December 22 after a contract campaign that included membership mobilization and a vote to strike.  The battle became heated over raises and health insurance as well as fair treatment in the workplace.  The auto parts company committed several unfair labor practices (ULPs) during bargaining, including unilaterally changing the health insurance.  

UE Members Arrested at State Capitol Sit-In

Enero 8, 2015

On January 8, a bitter cold Vermont winters day, more than 100 union and community members, including activists from the Vermont Workers Center and more than 20 UE members, marched on the state capitol building for the governor’s inauguration and state of the state address. Later many of them occupied the state legislature in the fight for single-payer healthcare.

Local 279 Members Return to Work at Weir Valves

Diciembre 16, 2014

After more than three weeks on strike, the members of UE Local 279 at Weir Valves and Controls returned to work today, Tuesday December 16, under the terms of the most recent “last, best and final offer” from the company, and a return to work agreement that was negotiated by the union and company on Monday. The members voted unanimously on Friday, December 12 to return to work under these terms, but at this point no contract is in place yet.

Local 267 Wins Wage Increases, Protects Benefits in UVM Contract

Diciembre 12, 2014

UE Local 267, the union of the 350 service, trades and maintenance workers at the University of Vermont (UVM), ratified a new three-year contract in October. Negotiations, which began in March, were tough at times, but the new agreement achieved the key goals of the membership. “We were able to reach a decent contract with the university that included a wage increase and the availability of vacation time to our members. This is an agreement which we can build on in the future,” said Local President David Hamilton.

Local 234 Rallies at Fairbanks Scales, Wins Improvements in New Contract

Diciembre 12, 2014

Following a month of negotiations and the big October 24 plant gate rally by Northeast Region delegates and Local 234 members, the local on October 29 reached agreement on a new three-year contract with wage increases of 4 percent, 2 percent and 3 percent.

Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment were significantly improved, and will now equal the employee’s straight time annual earnings, rounded up to the next thousand, with a minimum of $33,000 and a maximum of $50,000. Previously the coverage was $29,000. 

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