Michigan State Utility Workers Council

Labor Quotes

"Every advance in this half-century for social security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another came with the support and leadership of American Labor."

—

Jimmy Carter

MSUWC News

Consumers Energy and OM&C Negotiations Update #2

01/30/2010 - 7:25am

Negotiation activities continue for the OM&C Working Agreement.

01/19/2010 - 2:39pm

Negotiations for the OM&C Working Agreement are underway.

02/08/2010 - 1:20pm

01/15/2010 - 8:25am

On December 10, 2009, Consumers Energy announced its intention to lay off 34 union members of the Joint Underground Construction Group.

UWUA Dues Restructure Takes Effect

01/04/2010 - 3:09pm

At the September 12, 2009 meeting of the Michigan State Utility Workers Council, the delegate body approved an amendment to the MSUWC Constitution which restructures how Union dues are calculated.

12/29/2009 - 1:22pm

Utility Workers (UWUA) Secretary-Treasurer Gary Ruffner and Bob Baugh, executive director of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council, write about a meeting with U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Ruffner, UWUA President Michael Langford, UWUA Regulatory Affairs Director Carl Wood and Baugh are attending climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, where 40 U.S. union members are part of a 400-member global union movement delegation led by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).