UE Local 712 Members Fight Outsourcing at Kenyon College
June 20, 2012
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| Local 712 President Bob Smith and Vice President Bob Wilson. |
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Ralston Maintenance Workers Win Raises, Improve Language, Stop Concessions
June 20, 2012
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| Local 718 President Jeff Niceswanger (back to camera) goes over details of the agreement with members prior to the ratification vote. |
Plant Occupiers Start Worker Cooperative
June 19, 2012
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Mexican DMI Workers Visit UE Members at DMI in Ohio
May 10, 2012
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| Back row, left to right, UE Local 715 leaders Tim Whitney, Vice Pres. Pat Berry, Pres. Sean Wildrick, Randy Siebenaler and Randy Nester. Front row, Robin Alexander of UE, Juan Garcia, Hilario Nava, and Benedicto Martinez. |
In Rare Victory, Employer Voluntarily Recognizes UE
April 27, 2012
UE members and organizers are accustomed to bosses stubbornly resisting the efforts of their employees to form a union and negotiate a contract - even when it's clear that the overwhelming majority of workers want a union. That's why it's so surprising when, on rare occasions, an employer accepts the will of the workers and recognizes the union. But that's what happened in Stafford, Connecticut.
Wages, Pension, Other Benefits Improved In Local 155 Tinius Olsen Contract
April 27, 2012
UE Local 155 members at Tinius Olsen Testing Machine Co. have negotiated and ratified a new three-year agreement that will increase average wages by $1.62 and improves the defined benefit pension by 50 cents per month per year of service.
Reclaiming May Day, Workers' Day Born in U.S.
April 27, 2012
UE members were part of the crowd of 100,000 for Milwaukee's 2011 May Day march.
The tradition of May 1 as the international holiday of the working class began in the United States, but for many decades was lost to the U.S. working class. Beginning in 2006, with mass marches and work stoppages by immigrant workers, working people in this country have begun to reclaim their day.
Remembering Julius Emspak, “Worker-Intellectual” Who Built UE
April 26, 2012
Julius Emspak – one of the founders of UE and the union's first general secretary-treasurer – died of a heart attack 50 years ago, on April 26, 1962, at age 57. Emspak played a major role in shaping UE in its earliest years and in helping the union survive the fierce attacks on its existence in the 1950s.
New Jersey Renzenberger Drivers Vote to Join UE
March 16, 2012
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| Some of the New Jersey Renzenberger workers during a visit by James Hill, vice president of UE Local 1177 and a Chicago Renzenberger driver. Brother Hill is third from the right. |
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