UE NEWS Updates

Local 1187 Makes Major Gains In Second Contract Since Plant Reopened

February 14, 2013

Elk Point, SD

With the new contract ratified on January 14, the resurgence of UE Local 1187 is complete. The new agreement restores the contract provisions the local gave up to facilitate the reopening of the plant in March 2011, and adds significant gains in wages and other areas. The workers at Load King - who manufacture truck trailers - have come a long way since 2010, when the previous corporate owner closed the plant and seemingly broke the union.

Local 741 Defeats Attack, Then Negotiates Good Contract

February 14, 2013

Sparta, OH

Contract negotiations for workers in the Highland Local Schools were delayed for several months past the old contract's June 30, 2012 expiration date because of an effort by an anti-union group to get rid of UE Local 741. The local soundly defeated that attack, and then overcame a terrible set of management proposals, and an anti-union lawyer representing the school board, to negotiate a three-year contact with good wage increases and other improvements.

Charlotte City Workers Win Right To Payroll Dues Deduction

February 14, 2013

Charlotte, NC

by Ashaki Binta, UE Field Organizer

UE members in Charlotte won an historic victory on January 14, when the City Council, by a 6 to 5 vote, granted city unions the right to collect dues from their members through payroll deduction, also known as dues checkoff.

UE Marches in Erie on MLK Day

January 21, 2013

Erie, PA

UE Local 506 and community members marched in Erie on Martin Luther King Day, January 21, 2013. UE has long embraced the principles of Martin Luther King. UE members joined Dr. King in the Washington March for Jobs and Freedom, August 28,1963, and King lent his support to UE organizing campaigns and strikes in the 1960s.

Statement of the UE National Officers on Election 2012

November 8, 2012

The outcome of the November 6 election is, for the most part, welcome news for working people. The anti-worker Romney-Ryan presidential ticket was defeated, and anti-labor Republicans were beaten in a number of key Senate races, giving the Democrats an enlarged majority in the U.S. Senate.

Workers at Chicago USCIS Center Vote Overwhelmingly to Join UE

October 23, 2012

Chicago

Workers at a U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Center in Chicago have chosen to join UE in an National Labor Relations Board election on October 18, by a margin of 36 to 1. These workers have the same employer - Fed Consulting Incorporated - as the members of UE Local 208 in St. Albans, Vermont and Local 1008 in Laguna Niguel, California, and perform similar work processing forms for the federal government.

Local 712 Settles Kenyon College Contract, Panel Advises Against Outsourcing

October 8, 2012

Gambier, OH

Union members at a campus rally protesting the college's plan to outsource jobs.

Walmart Warehouse Strikers to Return to Work with Full Back Pay

October 7, 2012

Elwood, IL

The following report comes from a Warehouse Workers for Justice press release issued October 6.

In an historic victory, all striking Roadlink workers at Walmart's Elwood warehouse near Joliet have won their principal demand, for an end to illegal retaliation against workers protesting poor conditions. They will return to work with full pay for the period they were on strike. Workers returning to work plan to continue their fight for safe working conditions, fair pay for all hours worked and an end to discrimination.