by Sydney Ghazarian | Aug 31, 2023 | Articles
Marcelina Pedraza is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and United Auto Workers Local 551 at Ford Chicago Assembly Plant and has been a union electrician for 24 years. In the UAW, she is a Delegate for the Skilled Trades committee and...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Aug 26, 2023 | Articles
The following is a transcript from Labor Network for Sustainability staffer Sydney Ghazarian’s opening remarks during the August 17, 2023 United Auto Workers (UAW) Solidarity Call. Welcome everyone! My name is Sydney, I am an organizer with the Labor Network for...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Aug 25, 2023 | Articles
In June 2023, the United Electrical Workers Locals 506 and 618 voted to reject the last and final offer by the Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation or (Wabtec) of Erie, Pennsylvania. The unions were denied their basic rights to strike over grievances, and...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 30, 2023 | Articles
In what may be the first strike in US history to demand green jobs, 1400 striking members of UE Locals 506 and 618 who build locomotives for Wabtec in Erie, PA are demanding that their employers start producing green locomotives. Their proposals grow out of UE’s...
by Sydney Ghazarian | Jun 30, 2023 | Articles
Half of the US population has faced an extreme weather alert between May 1 and June 15. On June 21, more than 51 million Americans were facing extreme weather alerts, a third of them living in federally-designated disadvantaged areas. Source: Union of Concerned...
