In May 2008, the Utility Workers affiliated with the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE), becoming the 25th national union to do so.“For us, this affiliation just makes sense,” UWUA President D. Michael Langford said. “Operational engineers at National Grid joined us. Chemists and engineers at the Suffolk County Water Authority joined us. As we reach out to professional and technical workers in the electric, gas, nuclear, water, and service industries, our affiliation with DPE offers us organizational support and one more reason for professional workers to join us.”

Union workers and and management at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant reached an agreement on a new four-year contract Thursday night amid threats of a strike and lockout.

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After serious consideration, our National Executive Board voted to endorse Senator Barack Obama for President.

With 70,000 active and retired members, including nearly 10,000 in Ohio and another 8,000 in Pennsylvania - critical primary states - we can truly make a difference in the Democratic primary and in the general election this fall.

Senator Obama understands our issues, supports our goals and will do what is right for utility workers, our families, our communities and our country. That is why we are joining him in his fight for change in America that will put working people first. I urge every local union to help organize our members to get involved in his campaign to lead this country forward.

The Governor renewed his campaign commitment to work with the Labor Movement in the Commonwealth at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO's Gompers-Murray-Meaney education conference in North Falmouth, MA. He has already delivered on his promise to create a new cabinet level position, the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development and has appointed George Noel, former IBEW Local 1505 Business Manager/Financial Secretary, as the Director of Labor.