UE NEWS Updates
Five Years After Voting UE, Hishi Workers Win First Contract
March 21, 2008
Workers at Hishi Plastics have won their long fight for a first UE contract. Their UE bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement with the company on Wednesday, March 19, and today the members voted 20 to 7 to ratify it.
Overwhelming UE Wins Among Two Groups At USCIS Center
February 27, 2008
Victory March Continues at Stanley in California
February 22, 2008
Second Group of Stanley Workers Vote UE
February 1, 2008
Stanley Workers Vote UE in Vermont
January 31, 2008
Trumbull Support Staff Increase Pay, Hold Down Worker Healthcare Costs
January 29, 2008
Trumbull, CT
The support staff for the Trumbull Board of Education, members of UE Local 222/CILU Sub-local 21, have overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract. Gross wages will increase by 3.5 percent per year, a total of 14 percent over four years. The first raise is retroactive to July 1, 2007.
Health insurance costs were a major issue, and members were able to limit increases in cost sharing to only a few percent. Employee contributions will be 11 percent, 12 percent, 13 percent and 13 percent, respectively, in the four years of the new contract.
Winsted Dispatchers Win 9.5% Raises After Taking Issues to Townspeople
January 29, 2008
Winsted, CT
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