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Sep 02, 2021

USW Praises Selection of Brad Crabtree for Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management does crucial work for the Department of Energy, and the USW applauds the decision to nominate Brad Crabtree as its Assistant Secretary.

Sep 02, 2021

AFL-CIO sends letter to ExxonMobil Board of Directors Urging Them to End Lockout in Beaumont

AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler sent the letter to ExxonMobil's Board of Directors urging them to review the safety risks of continuing the operations in Beaumont with temporary workers during the lockout.

Sep 02, 2021

District 13 mourns loss of former Director Mickey Breaux

Breaux was a leader in his local at FINA refinery before accepting a position as a representative for The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, which became PACE in 1999 then merged with the USW in 2005. He retired in 2014.

Sep 01, 2021

The Union Way of Life; Ohio Pipe Mill Illustrates Need for Major Infrastructure Bill

Local 7014 members make some of those vital products at their factory in Coshocton. The McWane facility produces ductile iron pipe used in water infrastructure, as well as utility poles used to provide electrical power to communities.

Sep 01, 2021

Hanford Pipeline Completed, Facility on Track to Process Radioactive Waste

This represents a major achievement for the Department of Energy to meet the federal-court ordered 2023 deadline to start treating the least radioactive of the 56 million gallons of waste in the tank farm.