"Listen to Workers" Local 150 Members Tell Legislative Committee
March 15, 2012
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Warehouse Workers, Community Allies Protest Walmart Wage Theft, Firings
February 17, 2012
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| Right to left in front row: Wes Coleman, UE Local 1177; Eveleyna Washington, WWJ Interfaith Action Committee and Joliet Coalition of Black Trade Unionists chair; Susan Hurley, director of Chicago Jobs With Justice; and Elce Redmond of the South Austin Coalition. |
UE 150 Marches with North Carolina's Historic Thousands on Jones Street
February 16, 2012
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Part of the UE contingent in the HKonJ march. From left to right: William Newsome, Local 150; Rafael Garcia, L. 120; Vera Nedrick and Wilma Nedrick, L. 160; Deb Gornall, Eastern Region; Larsene Taylor, L. 150; Patrick Brown, L. 160; Ciscero Warren and Kenny Myatt, L. 150 |
Local 506 Goes to Canada to Rally With Locked-Out Locomotive Workers
January 23, 2012
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| CAW Local 27 President Tim Carrie and UE Local 506 President Roger Zaczyk at the big London labor rally. Behind them are UE International Representative Gene Elk and Local 506 Executive Board Member Mike Ferritto. |
Rick Peduzzi, UE's Web, Technology and Education Specialist, Dies at 56
January 19, 2012
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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.
David Montgomery, Prominent Labor Historian and Friend of UE, Dies at 84
January 13, 2012
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| David Montgomery addressing delegates to UE's 71st Convention in New Haven, 2009.(Photo by Ron Flowers) |
Now Showing on YouTube: Richard D. Wolff on Economic Democracy
January 13, 2012
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.
Local 1137 Members Secure Wage Fairness In Second Ferro Pfanstiehl Contract
January 3, 2012
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. This was only the second contract for the Ferro workers, who organized in May 2008, so eliminating below-rate wages was a bit of unfinished business left over from the first contract.
Settlement Reinstates Branford 4: "I Felt Like Norma Rae"
December 20, 2011
June 15 was a good day for the paraprofessionals in the Branford public schools. On that day, by a 90 percent margin, they voted to form a union, in an election conducted by the Connecticut State Board of Labor Relations, and gained representation as members of UE Local 222. The victory was especially impressive because it came just three months after members of the 140-worker bargaining unit first contacted UE and asked how they could join the union.
In New Contract, Local 234 Raises Wages, Holds Line on Healthcare Costs
December 15, 2011
The members of UE Local 234 have a new three-year contract with their employer, Fairbanks Scales, with raises totaling 9 percent, no increase in workers' share of health insurance premiums for the first two years, and only a small increase in the third year. Agreement was reached two days before the October 31 expiration date, and negotiations were "fairly smooth," says Local President Bob South.
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