UTIER

UTIER
Native name Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego
Founded May 3, 1942 (1942-05-03)
Members 4,800
Key people

Ángel R. Figueroa Jaramillo, President John Sestares vicepresidente

Miguel Nieves tesorero
Office location San Juan, Puerto Rico
Country Puerto Rico
Website utier.org

The Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego (UTIER) —English: Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union— is one of the labor unions that represents workers from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.[1][2] The union was founded on May 3, 1942 by thirty seven linemen in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[3] At some point it was affiliated with the Free Federation of Workers and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations but it eventually unaffiliated and became independent.[3] Today, the union represents about 4,800 workers.[4]

References

  1. Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica vs. Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego, 2007 TSPR 47 (Supreme Court of Puerto Rico March 14, 2007).
  2. Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego vs. Héctor Medina Torres, 2011 CD 01 (November 7, 2011).
  3. 1 2 "Breve Reseña Histórica de la UTIER" (in Spanish). UTIER. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  4. "Prensa no podrá estar en las negociaciones de la AEE y UTIER". Primera Hora (in Spanish). October 25, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
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