Collective Bargaining, Labor History, Fair Economy Top Monday Morning's Convention Agenda
September 14, 2009
Monday Morning, September 14
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| UE General President John Hovis |
John Hovis called the UE 71st convention second session to order at 9:00 a.m.
UE NEWS Updates
UE Convention Off to a Strong Start
September 13, 2009
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| Rank-and-File delegates from UE Locals across the country at the opening of the union's 71st National Convention. |
UE’s 71st National Convention got underway at 9:00 a.m., Sunday, September 13 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven, CT.
Republic Windows CEO Arrested for Crimes in Looting and Closing Plant
September 10, 2009
Richard Gillman, the former chief executive of Republic Windows and Doors, has been arrested and charged with numerous financial crimes related to last December’s plant closing, including looting the company and defrauding creditors. The abrupt plant closing provoked a successful six-day plant occupation by members of UE Local 1110.
Gillman was charged with eight felony counts under Illinois law, including financial crime and conspiracy, money laundering, fraud insolvency, theft with intent to control more than $500,000, mail fraud and wire fraud.
Illinois Governor, Treasurer Back UE Local 1174, Condemn Wells Fargo
September 2, 2009
Moline, IL
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias have condemned the actions of banking giant Wells Fargo – a recipient of $25 billion in federal bailout funds – which is forcing the closing of Quad City Die Casting and throwing 100 employees out of work.
Contract Extended, with Wage Increase, No Layoffs, as New Fairfield Schools Caught in Budget Squeeze
August 20, 2009
The school custodians, maintenance workers and groundskeepers in New Fairfield, Connecticut were prepared for some tough bargaining as 2009 approached. Their current contract was set to expire on June 30, and the town has a long history of making negotiations difficult.
UE Leaders Deliver Message to Congress: Wells Fargo is a Roadblock to Recovery!
July 30, 2009
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| Marie Lausch, president of Connecticut statewide UE Local 222 and a member of UE’s General Executive Board, and Bob South, president of UE Local 234, trustee of the national union, and a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, on their way to deliver a stack of petitions more than two inches thick to both the House and Senate |
Workers Arrested in Big Protest at Wells Fargo, As Quad City Workers Continue Fight for Jobs
July 10, 2009
A big group of UE Local 1174 members and supporters from other unions demonstrated at Wells Fargo’s Rock Island branch on Thursday, July 9. Nearly a dozen workers were arrested after they blocked a street to symbolize how Wells Fargo is a “roadblock to recovery.”
Workers are continuing their fight to keep Quad City Die Casting open and save 100 jobs. The plant is slated to close because Wells Fargo – recipient of $25 billion in the federal banking bailout – has cut off operating credit to the company.
UE Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Quad City Die Casting; Wells Fargo Tells Company Not to Pay Benefits
July 7, 2009
UE Local 1174 filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board today because workers are being denied their benefits. The company informed employees that Wells Fargo, the bailed-out bank that had already cut off operating credit to the plant, would not approve the expenditure of owed vacation pay. In addition, the company now refuses to comply with a 2 percent wage increase due the employees under their legally-binding collective bargaining agreement or to pay a floating holiday, and has eliminated health insurance coverage.
In 20 Protests Across Country, UE Members Call Wells Fargo a "Roadblock to Economic Recovery"
June 23, 2009
UE members and allies today conducted protests across the country at 20 branch offices of banking giant Wells Fargo, from Boston to Los Angeles. Joined by members of other unions, Jobs with Justice and community organizations, members chanted, “You got bailed out, we got sold out!” and carried signs with that same message. The union charges that the bank, the recipient of a $25 billion bailout from taxpayers, is unfairly forcing the closure of a viable Illinois factory and has become a roadblock to economic recovery.
Worker Unity Overcomes Town Lawyer's Tricks In North Haven DPW Contract Negotiations
June 16, 2009
In November 2008, UE Local 222 Sub-local 58, the Department of Public Works employees’ union, finally reached a tentative agreement for a new contract replacing the one that had expired in June 2007. But in an attempt to bully the committee, the town’s attorney inserted new language into the final draft that had never been negotiated or discussed at the bargaining table.
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