The board’s composition reflects the Biden administration’s focus on clean energy and climate jobs, as well as the rest of DOE’s mission, including nuclear security and waste cleanup.

Oct 22, 2021

2021 USW Cares SOAR Jefferson Award Winner, Joel Buchanan

Joel Buchannan has been a dues-paying member of the United Steelworkers for 51 years. His long career of political, community, and labor activism started in 1970...

Oct 21, 2021

Congress Introduces Bill to Break Logjam Over Commercial Nuclear Waste Disposal

The Nuclear Waste Task Force Act would establish a task force to determine how to handle temporary and permanent storage of America’s spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plant reactors.

Oct 19, 2021

Pitt Faculty Members Vote to Join Steelworkers Union

Following more than two years of delays as a result of legal challenges from the administration, preliminary results today showed that more than 71 percent of the workers who voted cast votes to join the union.

Oct 19, 2021

Local 7600 health care workers authorize strike in Southern California

USW Local 7600 announced last week that their 7,400 health care members who work at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California granted the union to authorize a strike.

Oct 19, 2021

Minnesota Women of Steel share their stories as leaders, unionists with local students

“We Can Do It! The Sky’s the Limit” was the theme for the inaugural program that provided an opportunity for ten women in traditionally male-dominated jobs to share their stories with young women in grades 10-12 at Hibbing High School.