The tentative agreement represents the hope of a bright future for workers seeking to organize unions to negotiate for better pay, benefits and working conditions, no matter what industry or occupation.

Jul 21, 2021

USW Members Support Space Exploration

Nine highly skilled USW members at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) use their expertise to help propel America’s spacecraft and rover systems across the solar system.

Jul 21, 2021

It’s Time to Pass the PRO Act! Contact Your Senators Today!

The purposes of the PRO Act are simple: to ensure workers can push for the changes we want to see at our jobs without fear of retaliation, and to strengthen workers’ rights to form a union and negotiate for those changes if we so choose.

Jul 19, 2021

Bishop Noa Workers Ratify First Contract

Workers at Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba, Mich., ratified their first contract July 15 after a bitter, protracted battle to secure a deal.

Jul 19, 2021

Local 1-689 Pushes Reindustrialization of Former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

Local 1-689 leaders met separately with a top Department of Energy official and an Ohio congressman to gauge their support for possible initiatives that could bring jobs to the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant after the cleanup work is completed.

Jul 16, 2021

Pitt Faculty Looks Forward to Holding Election to Join USW

The decision to hold an election follows years of relentless anti-union efforts by the Pitt administration aimed at preventing such a vote from taking place.