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2017 Tom Fricano Scholarship

 Applicants For The UAW Region 9 Tom Fricano Scholarship Fund Attached are a Scholarship Application Form (front & back) and an Academic Report Form (front & back), which are to be completed and returned to this office, along with an essay of 500 words or less on the following subjec

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Retirees Chapter Local 686 Meeting Notification

The regular monthly meeting of the Retirees’ Chapter of Local 686 UAW is canceled for the months of  July and August 2017 and will resume on Tuesday,September 5, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at the UAW Hall, 524 Walnut Street, Lockport, NY.

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Recognizing Dad on His Day, June 18: Happy Father’s Day

Today is Father's Day in the U.S., a special day we reserve to honor our fathers and all they do for their families and for society. Father’s Day is celebrated at different times around the world and didn’t become a national holiday here until 1972.

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Learn where to get an America-made US flag this Flag Day

Every June 14, Americans celebrate Flag Day, a day set aside to commemorate the adoption of the American flag by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777, the year after the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. 

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Broadening ‘Buy American’ Is The Path To Prosperity

Most taxpayers want their tax dollars spent on American-made goods and services. Democrats and Republicans alike share this patriotic “fair trade” value that our government should spend our money at home – whether it’s state and municipal contracts or big federal infrastructure investments.

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