{{short description|Trade union in Puerto Rico}} {{Infobox union | name = UTIER | native_name = Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego | image = logo | num_members = 4,800 | founded = {{Start date and age|p=y|1942|05|03}} | headquarters = San Juan, Puerto Rico | key_people = Ángel R. Figueroa Jaramillo, Presidente<br>Freddyson Martínez Estévez, Vicepresidente<br>Miguel A. Nieves Ríos, Secretario-Tesorero | website = {{URL|http://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.<ref>{{cite court |url=http://www.ramajudicial.pr/ts/2007/2007TSPR47.pdf |litigants=Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica vs. Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego |vol=2007 |reporter=TSPR |opinion=47 |court=Supreme Court of Puerto Rico |date=March 14, 2007 |accessdate={{date|2013-08-06|mdy}} |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite court |url=http://www2.pr.gov/agencias/jrt/AvisosDesestimacion/Documents/Avisos%20de%20desestimacion/2011/Noviembre/CD-2011-01.pdf |litigants=Unión de Trabajadores de la Industria Eléctrica y Riego vs. Héctor Medina Torres |vol=2011 |reporter=CD |opinion=01 |language=Spanish |date=November 7, 2011 |accessdate={{date|2013-08-06|mdy}} }}</ref> The union was founded on May 3, 1942 by thirty seven linemen in San Juan, Puerto Rico.<ref name="utier-history-by-utier">{{cite web |url=http://www.utier.org/estructuras/historia.php |title=Breve Reseña Histórica de la UTIER |language=Spanish |publisher=UTIER |accessdate=August 6, 2013 |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511193414/http://www.utier.org/estructuras/historia.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name="utier-history-by-utier" /> Today, the union represents about 4,800 workers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/nota/prensanopodraestarenlasnegociacionesdelaaeeyutier-713150/ |title=Prensa no podrá estar en las negociaciones de la AEE y UTIER |date=October 25, 2012 |accessdate=August 6, 2013 |language=Spanish |newspaper=Primera Hora }}</ref>
==External links== * [http://www.utier.org utier.org - official site] {{in lang|es}}
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Category:1942 establishments in Puerto Rico Category:Trade unions in Puerto Rico Category:Trade unions established in 1942 Category:Electricians' trade unions Category:Organizations based in San Juan, Puerto Rico Category:Energy in Puerto Rico