title: Utility Workers Union of America
text: # Utility Workers Union of America
  
  The Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) is a labor union in the United States. It has a membership of 50,000 and is affiliated with the AFL–CIO. The union has over 50,000 members working in the electric, gas, steam, water, and nuclear industries across the United States. The UWUA represents utility workers in municipal, as well as publicly traded utilities. Fields include power generation (power plants), power distribution (transmission and distribution), call/service center employees, as well as natural gas and water utilities.
  
  ## Presidents
  
      1945: Joseph A. Fisher
      1960: William J. Pachler
      1970: John J. Earley
      1970s: Hugh J. Foley
      1980s: James Joy
      1991: Marshall M. Hicks
      1996: Donald Wightman
      2006: Michael Langford
      2019: James Slevin
  