After ten months trying to reach a fair contract, nearly 40,000 Verizon workers from Massachusetts to Virginia walked off the job at 6 a.m. on Wednesday. The Verizon strike is by far the largest work stoppage in the country in recent years. Despite making …
February 2016 - The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) and GRID Alternatives have launched five community solar projects to provide solar power to low-income households in rural Colorado. The project was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of community solar …
UAW Leadership takes tour of the Open Arms facility. Pictures by Jerry Scott, Jr, Local 685 News Photographer When Cherylene Hough, Assistant Director of UAW Chrysler Kokomo Training Center in Indiana, decided to form a team for the 2016 Walk a Mile …
SECRETARY KERRY: So let me just say quickly that I’m delighted to be with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh of Jordan, and we will be talking about not just Syria and the cessation of hostilities but a number of other regional topics, but I think we both want …
As you know, the UAW is a charter member of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA). Once again, USA will be producing a series of beautiful full color calendars for the gun-a-week drawing for 2017 that will exclusively feature UAW members’ photos in various …
SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. My apologies to all for our being a little bit late. We just ran a little bit behind, and Federica and I had an opportunity to have a meeting and unfortunately got interrupted even in that, but I appreciate …
The following is a statement from UAW President Dennis Williams regarding Ford Motor Company’s announcement today that it will build a new assembly plant in Mexico: Today’s announcement that Ford is investing in Mexico is a disappointment and very …
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel May 1-2 to Geneva, Switzerland, where he will meet with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. In all of his …
January 2016 - The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will launch CleanPowerSF in May. CleanPowerSF is a Community Choice Aggregation that was nearly a decade in the making and will increase the city's renewable energy use from the current …
New Programs and Renovations unveiled at Chapel Vision Community Development Corporation In honor of National Love Our Children Day, UAW-Ford unveiled its community contributions to Chapel Vision Community Development Center during an official ribbon- …
January 2016 - Switch, a datacenter developer, continues to move forward in its commitment to run all of its data centers on renewable energy. Switch, together with Michigan's local utility Consumers Energy, will power the SUPERNAP Michigan data center …
The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan has worked tirelessly to provide water to the residents of Flint ever since its water supply was contaminated. “The food bank has put out 12 million pounds of water in three months”, said Bill Kerr, president of Food Bank …
A Statement from UAW Vice President Norwood Jewell on FCA Announcement about Sterling Heights Assembly: While today’s announcement of a shift reduction at Sterling Heights Assembly is unfortunate, it is not unexpected. FCA is not the only company …
UAW President Dennis Williams wrote the following Letter to the Editor in response to a recent column by Eduardo Porter in the New York Times arguing that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been a good thing both for the automotive …
CINCINNATI, Ohio — Four Casino Workers Council unions representing workers at Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati have reached a tentative agreement on a first contract. The tentative agreement between the council representing the UAW, the International …
Ambassadors, distinguished guests, and friends. I greatly appreciate the opportunity to join you here today. And my thanks to the Central Asia and Caucasus Institute, the World Bank and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for organizing this important and timely …
Osaka, Japan, 9 May 2016 - This morning His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove from Narita to Haneda Airport in Tokyo under grey skies to take the hour long flight to Osaka. Descending through thick cloud the plane landed at Itami Airport in pouring rain. His …
May 3rd 2016 Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India, 3 May 2016 - Today, His Holiness the Dalai Lama took part in a meeting with members of the Youth Leaders’ Exchange, young women and men from trouble-torn countries across the Middle East, Africa and …
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By: Rick Stein, Vice President, Fresh Foods, Food Marketing Institute Summer is here I can hardly wait for all the concerts, outdoor picnics --- and let’s not forget a day at the baseball game! When it’s so nice out I think families want to focus on time …
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