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Power for America

Jon Harmon explains how UWUA members can tap into a range of training and educational offerings available to them through P4A.
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April/May/June 2025

UWUA explores all of the ways locals are building a safety culture that protects every worker
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Learn about what it takes to work in public works

Public works professionals perform diverse and essential tasks that often go unnoticed but are vital to maintaining our quality of life
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Members

UWUA members are first responders and frontline workers who protect public health and safety. Highly skilled individuals who make up UWUA’s membership provide essential services that keep our homes, businesses, and schools running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round. Members are empowered in their workplaces and united by the belief in the dignity and worth of our work.

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Andrew Dunlevy

Andrew Dunlevy is a sewerage plant maintenance operator at a plant he’s worked at for 20 years. The facility serves a growing population, and as more farmland gets converted into housing developments, the demands on the system increase. His plant can process up to three million gallons a day, though the facility averages around 1.6 million. Read more about the responsibilities of our members who work in wastewater here.

 

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Organize Your Workplace

Unions bring people together. Unions level the playing field. Unions build power. Union members earn higher wages, receive better pension benefits, and enjoy better health insurance coverage than their non-union counterparts.

Reach out to UWUA’s organizing team if you’re interested in starting the conversation about how to start a union. We’re here to answer your questions and guide you along the way.

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James Slevin National President, UWUA

About UWUA

UWUA members provide essential services. We keep the power on, we keep the water flowing, we make sure gas is there when you need it, and much more.

We power America in coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydro-electric power plants, ensuring the lights stay on around the clock. We are meeting the future in energy storage facilities and on utility-scale solar farms. We keep our customers healthy by providing clean drinking water, treating wastewater, and maintaining water systems. We ensure communities have municipal services. We respond to consumer needs, and we prepare for energy and water system repairs and the future of our utility infrastructure.

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