System Local 537 | UTILITY WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA
"Although it is true that only about 20 percent of American workers are in unions, that 20 percent sets the standards across the board in salaries, benefits and working conditions. If you are making a decent salary in a non-union company, you owe that to the unions. One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts."-- Molly Ivins, newspaper columnist (1944-2007) |
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"All that serves labor serves the nation. All that harms is treason. If a man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other."-Abraham Lincoln |
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Representing Members in Water, Waste Water, and Municipal Works in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia |
"The only effective answer to organized greed is organized labor." |
| DATE | INFORMATION |
| 1/14/2012 | Outside Districts reject Pennsylvania American Water Offer Go There |
| 1/3/2012 | American Water is in violation of the NLRA, Complaint issued Go There |
| 7/11/2011 | UWUA, Local 537 responds to American Water Fairy Tale Go There |
| 6/28/2011 | BREAKING NEWS! The UWUA successfully stopped American Water’s proposed 30-year deal Go There |
| 6/28/2011 | Kanawha asks status of water projects Go There |
| 6/27/2011 | Letter from Kanawha County Commissioner supporting UWUA Go There |
| 6/9/2011 | “Greed on steroids” at Missouri American Water Company Go There |
| 6/9/2011 | PSC opens inquiry into West Virginia American Water job cuts Go There |
| 6/9/2011 | Kane officials oppose Pennsylvania-American rate increase Go There |
| 5/31/2011 | PSC orders water company to halt layoffs Go There |
| 5/31/2011 | West Virginia PSC order halting layoffs. Victory for Local 537 Go There |
| 5/25/2011 | Union challenges W.Va. American Water layoffs Go There |
| 5/24/2011 | Union authorizes a strike against American Water Go There |
| 5/4/2011 | Pennsylvania American Water Seeks Rate Increase Go There |
| 3/7/2011 | Local 537 News Alert! Go There |
| 1/20/2011 | Water Company Workers Protest Benefit Changes Go There |
| 1/20/2011 | Water utility workers picket for health benefits Go There |
| 1/20/2011 | Utility Workers support public take over of American Water Go There |
| 1/20/2011 | Union protests health care cuts Go There |
| 1/20/2011 | Pennsylvania American Workers Protest Benefits Cuts Go There |
| 12/30/2010 | UWUA President on American Water in Monterey CA Go There |
| 12/30/2010 | American Water Pays NO taxes. [U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return 1120] Go There |
| 11/19/2010 | Health and Pension News Alert Go There |
| 11/6/2010 | Health and Pension News Alert Go There |
| 10/21/2010 | American Water objects to UWUA intervention in Tennessee. Go There |
| 10/21/2010 | To date, American Water Locals that have intervened in American Water rate cases are, 121, 391, 395, 423, and 537 |
| 10/1/2010 | Ratification meetings are scheduled. Please see meeting notice page. |
| 9/28/2010 | American Water rejects the Union's counter and reaffirms they will not bargain. Company says they have given their last, best, and final offer. |
| 9/25/2010 | The Utility Workers Union is preparing to intervene in any potential acquisitions that American Water is trying to make. Send any information on possible acquisitions you may learn of to your local President. |
| 9/16/2010 | American Water gives a last, best offer to Union for Health and Pension. The Union is reviewing the offer and has requested to meet with the company negotiatiators to continue to negotiate. The company has agreed to meet on September 28, 29, and 30, 2010. There have been no substantial improvements to the company offer. |
| 9/8/2010 | Health and Pension negotiations set for one day - September 16, 2010 |
| 9/6/2010 | Consumer advocate backs rate increase Daily Local News Pennsylvania American had requested a revenue increase of about $8.2 million, or 197.4 percent. Information released by Pennsylvania American indicates its ... |
| 9/6/2010 | West Virginia American Water proposes surcharge to pay for new ... By staff The water company would pay for the projects through a quarterly surcharge tacked onto customers' bills. The utility has asked the state Public Service Commission to approve the new funding method -- called a Distribution System ... |
| 8/28/2010 | PAWC implements a driver’s license loss policy effective September 1, 2010. The Union discussed this with the company over a period of months until the company unilaterally imposed. See the policy and the Union’s response. Go There |
| 8/28/2010 | Election Day for UWUW Local 537 officers is September 21, 2010. Check your Union bulletin boards for time and location or ask your Union representative. |
| 8/25/2010 | Don Correll gets waterbed landing. See his severance package and separation agreement and view Jeff Sterba's employment agreement. Only $675,000.00 / year with $200,000.00 signing bonus. Hopefully they can survive on that.Go There |
| 8/25/2010 | 2010 Health and Pension Update Go There |
| 8/19/2010 | Residents, Officials Call Proposed Water Rate Hike Unfair American Water also has filed rate cases in Pennsylvania, California and West Virginia that would boost revenues $168.7 million and is awaiting final orders ... |
| 8/16/2010 | The case 10-0920-W-42T (West Virginia-American Water Company) has had the following activity : Activity Date: 08/16/2010 Activity Description: Commission Procedural Order granting the Union Petition to Intervene; etc. |
| 8/16/2010 | American Water Works Company, Inc. Names Jeff Sterba As President ... TheStreet.com By Business Wire 08/16/10 - 08:45 AM EDT American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) has announced that Jeffry Sterba has been appointed President and ... |
| 8/14/2010 | Public Input Hearing Regarding the Proposed Rate Increase Request ... Public Input Hearing Regarding the Proposed Rate Increase Request of Pennsylvania-American Water Company, Claysville Wastewater Operations ... |
| 8/13/2010 | Neogtiations to resume in Chicago the week of August 16th for the National Health and Pension. To date American Water continues to try to gouge our members with lesser coverage and higher premiums. |
| 8/13/2010 | Economy Boro has reached an agreement. They will have a 1 year extension. Terms to be posted as soon as they are finalized. |
| 8/12/2010 | Kentucky-American Water agrees to $10000 penalty ... (AP) — Kentucky-American Water Co. has agreed to pay a fine to settle charges ... AP Pennsylvania News. Park Service has students guard historic sites Aug. ... |
| 8/12/2010 | American Water Reports Strong Second Quarter Results; Increases ... American Water also continued to provide water solutions to communities in need. The company acquired water systems in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Missouri, ... |
| 8/12/2010 | Woman sues water company after falling into meter West Virginia Record CHARLESTON -- A Kanawha County woman is suing West Virginia-American Water Company and American Water Works Service Company after she sustained injuries ... |
| 8/8/2010 | Hearings slated on huge rate hike request - The Daily Local News ... Alferez said it is "ridiculous" to pass on Pennsylvania American Water's investment in the new wastewater upgrades to the end users. ... |
| 8/7/2010 | 142 percent sewer rate increase necessary, says PAWC - Washington ... This is the first request for a rate increase since PAWC took over the authority in July 2008. When it first acquired the authority's system, ... |
| 8/7/2010 | Hearings scheduled on Coatesville water rate hike Daily Local News ... Utility Commission said Friday it has scheduled two hearings to receive public comment on the proposed rate increase by Pennsylvania American Water Co. ... |
| 8/7/2010 | The W.E.W.J.A. Contract has been sucessfully renegotiated. A final version will appear online once proof reading is done and contract is signed. |
| 7/26/2010 | Local 537 intervenes in West Virginia-American Water rate case |
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