2007:

September 7 - Marysville Ethanol agreement reached

2005:

April 20 - OM&C Contract ratified!

2004:

September 16 - 2004 Marshall M. Hicks Memorial Scholarship winners!
September 16 - 2006 Marshall M. Hicks Memorial Scholarship announcement and application
September 2 - New all-union shopping web site announced
July 29 - 2004 Inter-Union Gas Conference news and information
July 29 - UWUA Operation Family Reunion
April 12 - Watch your mail for an important survey!
April 1 - SB 612 passes the State Senate!
March 25 - SB 612 reported out of committee and passes in the State House!
February 27 - MCV contract ratification
January 15 - A change to our e-mail addresses

2003:

December 17 - How You Can Vote In Michigan's 2004 Democratic Presidential Caucus on February 7, 2004
October 30 - Senate Bill 612 passes!
October 6 - New Michigan drunk driving law & penalties
Ocrober 2 - Pictures from Lobby Day
September 29 - Correction to the Fall 2003 Council Communicator
September 17 - Testimony in support of the Appliance Service Program
September 12 - UWUA Filing of Comments on Hours of Service
August 27 - New E-mail addresses for the Council
July 23 - Anouncement of Appliance Service Program - Lobby Day

2002:

November 19 - Automated Meter Reads
November 19 - Update on our ASP work and the Public Service Commission order
February 8 - Links to latest arbitration awards

2001:

May 8 - 2001 Marshall Hicks Scholarships awarded
May 8 - Pictures from the May Council Meeting
February 20 - The latest Contract printing update
January 30 - UWUA wins Mohave case in precedent-setting ruling by PUC
January 26 - One more Contract printing update
January 26 - Election results of January Council Meeting
January 23 - National announces Nuclear Conference
January 23 - National awarded OSHA Harwood Training Grant
January 25-26 - Michigan State AFL-CIO 3rd Constitutional Convention and LaborSoft product presentation
January 11 - The very latest Contract printing update

2000:

December 19 - OM&C Mileage Rate for 2001
December 14 - Latest Contract printing update
October 3 - Update on printing of new Contract
August 31 - Printing of the new Contract
August 14 - Correction to Pension article in May/June newsletter
August 1 - May/June newsletter remailed
February 25 - Shaving and respirator use agreement
January 24 - Proposed gas deregulation amendments
January 24 - Testimony from John Ostrander, MSUWC Vice President, before the House Energy & Technology Committee on gas deregulation - January 20, 2000

1999:

November 17 - Suggestions for 2000 contract negotiations
November 17 - Bargaining 2000 Survey
August 24 - New Council officers
August 3 - Hazardous staking done by non-union contractors
April 12 - Grindley Family letter

1998:

December 4 - We are opposed! to the Senate passed utility deregulation bill SB 1340 in its current form (12/3/98)
December 2 - Commitment from the Company to support worker protections in deregulation bill
December 2 - Our revisions to deregulation bill
September 28 - Gas Agreement 1998
September 28 - Aetna Managed Care Alert
August 5 - Labor Day Parade coming soon!
June 23 - UWUA press release after the California Gas Deregulation Summit
May 8 - 1998 Marshall Hicks Scholarship recipients
April 27 - Job performance appraisal advisory
April 20 - A public safety message from the MSUWC
April 7 - "Take a look at the messenger" by Frank Garrison
April 7 - Workers Memorial Day announcement
March 3 - MSU Labor Law Update seminar
March 2 - Credit Unions are under attack by banks
February 2 - Energy Supply Fossil Plant job evaluation letter
February 2 - Consumer Alert on appliance service plans
January 27 - Workers compensation advisory
January 27 - A warning about furnace cleaning
January 26 - Michigan's Workers' Compensation System Is Now On The Web!

1997:

December 4 - FTC Decides To Keep "Made in USA" Label Simple, Honest, and American
November 25 - Gas T&S agreement
November 21 - Meter Reading homesite reporting and modem costs
November 21 - Flame resistant clothing arbitration update
November 18 - Asplundh aerial lifts
November 18 - Make-A-Wish request for business cards

November 17 -

The submission form for suggestions for the 2000 contract negotiations form is available here.

November 17 -

The "Bargaining 2000" survey is now available at our Web site. Click here to look at it. This is the same survey that was sent out to our members last month, so if you have already sent one in, there is no need to send in another one. To submit your survey, print it out and send it to us at the Council office. The address is:

Michigan State Utility Workers Council
110 W. Lenawee
Lansing, MI 48933

August 24 -

The Michigan State Utility Workers Council is pleased to announce that at a Council Meeting held on August 21, 1999, James L. Reilly was elected President.

Also, at an Executive Board meeting held August 23, 1999, Steven VanSlooten was appointed Executive Vice President and Thomas N. Stevenson, Sr., President of Local 150-Kalamazoo, as appointed part-time Vice President.

August 3 -

Recently there have been several explosions caused by natural gas getting into homes and businesses. These have been caused by underground contractors hitting Consumers Energy gas lines. We believe that some, if not all of these, are the result of Consumers Energy facilities being miss-marked by the non-union contractors who are now doing the MISS DIG locating for Consumers Energy. State Senator Dunaskiss has scheduled hearings in the Senate to address this problem. These hearings will be held in September when the Legislature returns from their summer break

In order for the Council to be effective in making the case that the contractors doing the staking are at fault, we need information. The best place to get this is from our employees. We are asking that if you go on any call that deals with a pulled service, broken gas main or hit electric facilities, caused by a mistake in the staking, that you print out this staking incident report and return it to the Council or to the Local Union. Each Local President has been sent a copy of this form if you need more. The more of these reports we have, the stronger our case will be. We also have meetings planed with other Legislators and with the Company to try and return this work to the bargaining unit. We will keep you informed on any progress that is made.

Thanks for your help.