At a Michigan State Utility Workers Council Board Meeting held on May 15, 2020, five blind drawings were conducted for the 2020 Marshall M. Hicks Scholarships

Safety awards were handed out at the Regular May Council Meeting of the MSUWC on May 3-4, 2019 at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort.  Click here for photos from the meeting, including Local representatives of the headquarters that won awards.  

At a Michigan State Utility Workers Council Meeting held on May 3, 2019, five blind drawings were conducted for the 2019 Marshall M. Hicks Scholarships.

We now have the ability for your to use your credit card to contribute to our political action committee, the MSUWC PAC.

**UPDATE, 5/24/18:  MEETING OVER CAPACITY, REGISTRATION CLOSED**

The Michigan State Utility Workers Council (MSUWC) will be hosting a retiree meeting on Friday, June 29, 2018, at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort.  This is an RSVP meeting, but we have had such an overwhelming response that we have reached and surpassed the capacity of the facility.  Therefore, the meeting is closed and we can no longer accept RSVPs.

Safety awards were handed out at the Regular May Council Meeting of the MSUWC on May 11 and 12, 2018 at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort.  Click here for photos of the Local representatives of the headquarters that won awards.  Click here for other images from the Council Meeting.

The MSUWC held its Regular Council Meeting on May 11 and 12, 2018 at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant.  Click here for images from the meeting.  Click here for the recipients of the safety awards for 2017.  

The National UWUA hosted the third national Power for America Training Conference October 18-20, and the participation of members of the Michigan State Utility Workers Council ensured the Conference's success.

On October 2^nd, 2017, the joint MSUWC and Consumers Energy Safety Culture Team led off the training at the 2017 Incident Prevention Utility Safety Conference in Louisville, Kentucky.  The conference included 30+ educational sessions presented by the utility industry’s leading safety and operations experts, and was attended by over 550 employees from electric and gas utilities, communication and cable providers, municipalities, and contractors.  The SCT presented on Normalization of Deviance, Situational Awareness and Expanded Tailboard Imaging to a capacity crowd of over 250.  Following the presentation, attendees waited in line to speak with one or more of the six SCT union members, those members include: Dan Pfeffer L-388, Doug Hill L-129, Nate Waters L-105, Greg Ball L-144, Steve Sienko L- 104, and Dean Smith L-124.

Click here for more photos from this conference.

On September 18^th and 19^th, 2017, two MSUWC members, Melissa Bateman, Local 107 Steward, and Brooke Lauber, Local 129 Financial Secretary, facilitated the Clerical Workshop at the 2017 Inter-Union Gas Conference. The annual Gas Conference, which is attended by members and representatives from the Utility Workers Union of America, United Steelworkers, IBEW, UA, ICWU/UFCW, and UNIFOR, was hosted in 2017 by the IBEW in Portland, Oregon. UWUA National Region IV Representative, Jim Gennett, who served on the Gas Conference’s planning committee, relied on the MSUWC leadership of Melissa and Brooke when planning the Clerical Workshop.  Once again, the Clerical Workshop was a highlight of the conference with call center representative from the U.S. and Canada sharing their experiences and industry trends affecting call centers.  The conversation focused predominantly on the decreased focus on customer service by utility companies.  Other topics discussed included performance standards, service levels, staffing levels, contractors, and ergonomics.  The MSUWC is extremely proud of Melissa and Brooke and the leadership they provide.

Click here for more pictures from this workshop.