This month’s meeting was informative as always. We covered the usual subjects and really took a step back to focus on safety. We talked thoroughly about the incident that put one of members in the hospital here recently. Also, we investigated things we could do outside of work to get together in fellowship and just […]
News from UWUA Local 304
Contracting Out: Understanding The Impacts
*Daphne T. Greenwood, Ph. D. is professor of economics and director of the Colorado Center for Policy Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. In addition to serving in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1990‐1994, she has been a visiting scholar at the U. S. Treasury Department and the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin‐Madison, Honors Professor at the U. S. Naval Academy and a corporate economist with Esmark, Inc. Dr. Greenwood authored a recent award winning book on local economic development in the United States and has published widely in the public policy arena. She authored a study for the Colorado Center forPolicy Studies, adjunct to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, entitled: “The Decision To Contract out: Undestanding The Full Economic and Social Impacts.” (click for full article) *Her Key Findings include: Outsourcing to private corporations undermines principles fundamental to our democratic system by creating conditions such as: Reduced accountability, transparency, and clarity about who’s in charge Frequent conflicts of interest and nepotism and fewer whistleblower protections Removing control of key public decisions from citizens and their elected officials Contracting can involve substantially lower wages and benefits for local workers […]
Utility Workers Getting Younger
With one of the oldest demographics in any industry, power generation and electrical transmission workers are finally turning the corner to bring in younger workers to become the next generation of power plant operators and transmission and distribution lines technicians. The Utility Workers Union of America established Power 4 America as an educational trust to […]
Working Without Prosperity
Anyone who works deserves to have some small amount of success, even if that success only consists of the feeling one gets from being a self-supporting and contributing member of society. West Virginians are in a special circumstance when it comes to work and prosperity. After decades of labor strife, a few coal miners did […]
Be Angry!
America’s electorate is as diverse and fragmented as almost any time in our nation’s history. There are groups divided by race, ethnicity, sexual preference, culture, education, differences in views on abortion, gun rights and responsibilities, and many other issues. Divide and conquer is nothing new, but never has it been so writ large across our […]
Why Veterans Make Lousy Job Candidates
It seems odd, with all the “support our troops” rhetoric, and with the reputation and the well deserved respect our military veterans have garnered, that it would be hard to believe that any veteran would have trouble transitioning into civilian jobs. Many of America’s most successful companies got where they are at with the talent […]
February’s Monthly Meeting Update
There was a good turn out to this month’s meeting. We went over the usual updates with the state of the union and where we stand with some of our issues. We had guest speakers come in from the West Virginia Education Association’s (WVEA) Union, Local Harrison County Education Association (HCEA). We also went over […]
January’s Monthly Meeting Update
The first meeting of the year was held this month, and it was nice to get back into the swing of things. We did a recap of the last year, went over some carry over items, and went over some new matters that are or will be facing us in the year to come. We […]
UWUA Local 304 Family Picnic!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, these pictures of our FIRST Annual UWUA Local 304 Family Picnic speak volumes about our union, our members, and the families that depend on us. Mother Nature is no union-buster as she provided a beautiful day for our festivities! The prize list is below, BUT, […]
Your Union Officers Updated!
Operations lost two good men to Maintenance, and we wish them all the best. Trouble is, they were both Union Stewards for Ops. One dedicated member, who was Ops Steward in the previous administration, stepped up to fill one of the vacancies. Ops may now decide whom they would like to fill the other open […]
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