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New Three-Year Contract at New Jersey Stepan Plant

November 15, 2023

Members of amalgamated UE Local 155 who work at Stepan ratified a new three-year agreement on November 1. Wages will increase four percent on November 16, then 3.5 percent and 3.25 percent in November 2024 and November 2025 respectively. Workers also received a $3,000 signing bonus, and the schedule premium paid to all workers who do not exclusively work days was increased from $1.80 to $1.95.

Local 610 Member Retires with 49 1/2 Years of Service

November 15, 2023
Photo of Local 610 member Bob Davis at work

On October 24, Wabtec laid off the most senior member of UE Local 610. Robert “Bob” Davis is 82 years old and had 59 and a half years of service with the company. He was hired on April 28, 1964.

Davis has never been late to work and only missed a few days of work for family emergencies. He was known for his devotion to family life, and for sayings like “Don’t be late, do your eight and hit the gate.”

Bernie Sanders: “We refuse to live in an oligarchic form of society”

November 15, 2023

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addressed the convention over Zoom on Monday morning. 

“Let me thank all of the UE workers for standing up year after year against corporate greed, and demanding that the working class of this country receives the respect and the dignity which it deserves,” he said.

“Decade after decade, the UE has been a leader in the struggle for economic justice. You have been one of the great unions in American history, and I am so proud to be saying a few words to you today at your convention.”

Independent Political Action for a Just Economy

November 3, 2023

In their discussion of several resolutions throughout the week, convention delegates made clear their desire for a just economy and society, where all people have decent working conditions, adequate social support, a dignified retirement, health care and education. They were just as clear that making that vision a reality will require independent political action by working people.

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