Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego | |
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Founded | May 3, 1942 |
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Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Members | 4,800 |
Key people | Ángel R. Figueroa Jaramillo, Presidente Freddyson Martínez Estévez, Vicepresidente Miguel A. Nieves Ríos, Secretario-Tesorero |
Website |
utier |
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]
Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego | |
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Founded | May 3, 1942 |
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Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Members | 4,800 |
Key people | Ángel R. Figueroa Jaramillo, Presidente Freddyson Martínez Estévez, Vicepresidente Miguel A. Nieves Ríos, Secretario-Tesorero |
Website |
utier |
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]