Shoutout UE Local 1177 President Larry Hopkins for joining the panel to provide a worker perspective and call for support of UEs Green Locomotive Project, which aims for “a future of good union jobs, livable communities, and a sustainable planet.” ueunion.org/ue-news/2024/u…

Thanks to ~100 attendees who came out to last week’s MovingForwardNetwork roundtable on the impacts of rail pollution! Together, we can and will build the future we are advocating for – one where impacted communities near rail yards don’t have to breathe dangerously polluted air.

Yesterday, the members of the Durham City Workers of UE Local 150 showed up along with community allies to speak out at the city’s final budget hearing.

The members demand a minimum wage of $25/hour. The current does not keep up with the rising cost of housing & food.

Read more on Canada’s groundbreaking anti-scab law in this report from UE News, the publication of UE.

ueunion.org/ue-news/2024/c…

The U.S. needs to emulate Canada’s new anti-scab” legislation, which prohibits federally-regulated corporations from trying to break strikes by employing the tactic of bringing in replacement workers. Corporations that violate the law can be fined $100,000 a day.

“Being in a room with such a diverse group of workers… it felt like a new beginning of the labor movement.” - Jamie Muhammad, VP of ILA Local 1414

Read more about the 2024 Southern Worker School: southernworker.org/2024-sws/

“Recent arrests and suspensions of graduate workers at institutions across the U.S. highlight the importance of this right... For graduate workers, the ability to speak, to assemble & to protest freely within our own community are at the core of labor organization.” StanfordGWU-UE

“The right to protest and just cause for discipline are fundamental principles that unions seek to protect,” write UE Local 1043-Stanford Graduate Workers Union members Jason Beckman, Sophie Jean Walton, and Chloé Brault.

Read more here: stanforddaily.com/2024/06/02/fro…