Over 2,000 members of the United Steelworkers Union (USW) voted by a 4 to 1 margin to accept a four-year umbrella agreement with Domtar that covers 4,000 members at 10 Domtar facilities. “This umbrella agreement was a result of unprecedented coordination and solidarity by our local unions,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. “While our members’ standard of living is improved, Domtar also has the labor peace it needs to compete in a global economy, providing both of us a valuable ... more

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that Arbitrator Clare McDermott this week awarded about 225 members of USW Local 2635 up to a year’s worth of lost wages and ordered Johnstown America Corp. to recall them to their jobs in accordance with their contract. The company laid off more than half of its hourly workforce in Johnstown between April and August ... more

“The investigation by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor into the disaster at Utah’s Crandall Canyon mine last August provides further confirmation of what the UMWA has said from the outset: The plan submitted by the mine operator for mining the coal was flawed and should never have been submitted, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) should never have approved it. “We have gained further knowledge of what happened at Crandall Canyon as a result of the technical analysis included ... more

The 850,000-member United Steelworkers and the Blue Green Alliance are working jointly with the We Campaign to educate their members about global warming and activate them behind solutions that promote economic prosperity. Our member-to-member program is the first of its kind to build a blue collar constituency for global warming solutions, highlighting ... more

Sixty members of United Steelworkers Local 5032 at the Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) facility on Neville Island have been locked out of their jobs since midnight on February 29. The company is currently demanding that union workers accept massive cuts in health care and pensions before allowing them back to work. On Thursday, May 1, USW Local 5032 will be escalating its fight to win ... more

An umbrella master agreement reached between the United Steelworkers Union (USW) and Domtar that covers economic and job security issues will be voted on by 4,000 members at 10 Domtar facilities on May 7. “This tentative umbrella master agreement further moves our national paper bargaining program forward,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. “If ratified, it provides job and economic security for our members in a time of constant change within the paper industry.” ... more