UE Eastern Region

Congratulations to UE Local 123 for their contract victory! https://www.ue-easternregion.org/local-123-fights-off-gutt/

Only four unions in Pittsburgh had the courage to buck the incumbent mayor and endorse Ed Gainey, a real progressive who fights for workers. UE Local 667, the union of workers at the East End Food Coop, was one of them. Ed won the primary yesterday, defeating the current mayor by 46% to 39%. He is now on track to become the first black mayor of Pittsburgh.

On Thursday morning, State Rep. Ed Gainey, a candidate for mayor of Pittsburgh in the May 18 primary, addressed the membership meeting of UE Local 667, the work...ers at the East End Food Co-op. He talked about his commitments to affordable housing, criminal justice reform, universal healthcare, workers' rights, and making wealthy powerful "nonprofits" such as UPMC pay taxes. The members then voted unanimously to endorse Rep. Gainey for Mayor. See more

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Jeff Crosby, former president of IUE-CWA Local 201 at the Lynn GE plant, explains the recent work stoppage by Local 201 members.

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A friend of mine writes: "Still marveling at what Bernie accomplished last night. He saved millions by ensuring that furloughed workers, tipped workers, and gig economy workers would be included in the unemployment package, and then he successfully forced Republicans to back down from their attempts to cut the $600 weekly unemployment benefit Dems had put in the bill. This, in a Republican-controlled Senate. This is the kind of leadership we need right now!"

UE's beloved Larsene Taylor is a retired Local 150 leader and state worker in Goldsboro, NC. Her pastor, by the way, is the great Rev. William Barber II.

Ebony Thomas, who brought attention to Carnegie Mellon University's racially-cleansed Jim Crow map of Pittsburgh, also works at the East End Food Co-op and is a member of the union, UE Local 667.