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UE policy for 2025-27, adopted by delegates at last month's UE convention, has now been posted on the UE website at ueunion.org/ue-policy
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UE Local 696 Vice President Nina Mulroy and President Sophie Nighswander attend the Allegheny County Council meeting on Oct. 6 in support of paid parental leave legislation. Allegheny County includes Pittsburgh and the surrounding area, and has a population of over 1.2 million.
UE Local 613 ratified a new four-year agreement on September 14, giving all members an immediate wage increase of at least $5,000 in the first year, with an average increase of over $10,000. Read more: ueunion.org/ue-news/2026/act…
Tonight!
Join UE Secretary-Treasurer Andrew Dinkelaker and Congressional leaders of the fight for Medicare for All at a Virtual National Town Hall on Wednesday, October 14. RSVP here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
“We have been working to circulate and collect pledge cards ... with escalating actions ... from simply voting for pro-labor candidates [to] participating in a national economic blackout in the event that the elections are compromised.” ueunion.org/ue-news/2026/loc…
Join UE Secretary-Treasurer Andrew Dinkelaker and Congressional leaders of the fight for Medicare for All at a Virtual National Town Hall on Wednesday, October 14. RSVP here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
On October 3, UE hosted a delegation from the Belgian trade union FGTB. UE Secretary-Treasurer Andrew Dinkelaker (fourth from left in photo) and members of UE Local 667 joined the FGTB members at an Oktoberfest for Palestine event in Pittsburgh. ueunion.org/ue-news/2026/ue-…
With workloads at historic lows due to the Trump Administration’s restrictive immigration policies, the members of Locals 228 and 728, who process visa petitions for the State Department, faced an uphill battle in contract negotiations last month. More at ueunion.org/ue-news/2026/loc…
On September 29, over 50 members of UE Local 267 showed up to support negotiations with the University of Vermont in what Local 267 member Eleanor Duva called “a demonstration of our strength.” Local 267 has represented maintenance and trades workers at UVM since 1997.
UE has signed onto a "Declaration of Independence from The Medical-Industrial Complex" created by the National Single Payer organization.
Visit nationalsinglepayer.com/decl… to register for the national virtual town hall on October 14 and read the full declaration.
ALT UE has signed onto a Declaration of Independence from The Medical-Industrial Complex
On Tuesday, October 6, join the virtual training designed for local, regional, and state level labor leaders looking for resources on how to facilitate planning related to election defense and mass mobilizations in their union.
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“Our union is a powerful tool that we must utilize to attain a society and a world that is truly equitable and just for all,” Local 1186 Vice President Michele McCoy told the Western Region council meeting during the region’s political action report.
Following the political action report, the region’s delegates passed a resolution which declared that “the fight to maintain open, free, & fair elections...[is] an opportunity to bring working people together to build an even stronger force for change in our country & the world.”
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Earlier this week, a worker at the Charlotte airport died from excessive heat. Last year a city water worker in Greensboro, two farm workers, two construction workers & a postal worker all died from excessive heat in our state. Enough is enough. We need @NCDOL to establish a law!
No more silence, no more excuses. No more prioritizing profits over human life.
“(State lawmakers) are the ones that still have the minimum wage at $7.25. They are the ones that are very pro-business to the point where corporations can go to them directly and create language that limits us on what we can demand for any of our vendors that are working within the airport,” at-large Councilwoman LaWana Mayfield said. “It’s a challenge.”
Read more at: charlotteobserver.com/news/l…
Happening tonight!
Join the May Day Strong coalition on Thursday, September 24 at 8pm ET for Pulling Out the Pillar: Corporate Campaigns to Reject Trump's Attack on the Elections. Register here: bit.ly/pulloutthepillar
An August poll found that support for #MedicareForAll has risen from 54 to 60 percent in the past year. Voters who have significant medical debt or who have been denied treatment by their insurance company support M4A at 68 and 71 percent respectively.
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Join the May Day Strong coalition on Thursday, September 24 at 8pm ET for Pulling Out the Pillar: Corporate Campaigns to Reject Trump's Attack on the Elections. Register here: bit.ly/pulloutthepillar
In this month’s Economics News for Workers, from the UE NEWS: higher prices ahead, deportation policies shut down job creation, Canadian unions demand improved unemployment insurance to deal with tariff chaos, and more. ueunion.org/ue-news/2026/eco…
