United water and utility workers union of america local 1-2 reach agreement on contract

Harrington park, n.j.--(business wire)--united water new rochelle announced that utility workers union of america (uwua) local 1-2 recently ratified a new five-year agreement with the company. the union represents nearly 50 field and office employees of united water new rochelle, which provides water service to about 150,000 people throughout a large portion of southern westchester county, new york. “our employees deliver essential services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,” said charles t. wall, senior vice president of united water. “we highly value their services and this new contract with utility workers union of america local 1-2 guarantees that good wages, excellent benefits including a defined benefit retirement plan and 401(k) plan continue for our current employees for the full term of this new agreement. this agreement is also consistent with changes in our industry and keeps the concerns of our customers in mind.” “ratification of this contract is a significant achievement,” said chris graziano, operations manager for united water new rochelle. “this is a fair and balanced agreement and it demonstrates what can be achieved when both sides work together to find constructive solutions to challenging issues. the contract recognizes the hard work and dedication of our employees who provide our customers with safe and reliable water service.” in addition to the new contract with the utility workers union of america local 1-2, wall explained that during the last several months united water also signed contracts with utility workers union of america local unions in its new jersey operations, including jersey city and toms river, and its bloomsburg, pa, and wilmington, de operations. about united water united water is one of the nation’s leading environmental companies, providing water and wastewater services to approximately 7 million people in the united states. in addition to owning and operating 20 water utilities, the company operates more than 100 municipal and industrial water and wastewater systems through innovative public-private partnerships and contract agreements. united water’s affiliate, utility service company, is the nation’s leading provider of long-term asset management contracts for water storage facilities with municipal and industrial clients. founded in 1869, united water is a subsidiary of suez environnement. about suez environnement natural resources are not infinite. each day, suez environnement (paris: sev, brussels: sevb) and its subsidiaries deal with the challenge to protect resources by providing innovative solutions to industries and to millions of people. suez environnement supplies drinking water to 91 million people, provides wastewater treatment services for 61 million people and collects the waste produced by 50 million people. suez environnement has 79,554 employees and, with its presence on a global scale, is the world’s leader exclusively dedicated to environmental services. suez environnement, a 35.4% gdf suez affiliate, reported sales turnover of 14.8 billion euros ($19.6 billion usd) at the end of financial year 2011.
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