Rapid Response News
We need the Build Back Better Act
When we see policies that will impact our core issues - collective bargaining, safety and health, job security, retirement security, domestic economic issues, and health care – we engage. The Build Back Better Act is one of those policies.
Rapid Response Coordinator Spotlight: Dave Dellisola, USW Local 12012
Last week, we spent a little time catching up with Dave Dellisola, USW Local 12012’s Rapid Response Coordinator and Vice President...
Rapid Response Coordinator Spotlight: Caleb Phillip USW Local 2-727
Recently we were able to catch up with Caleb Phillip and talked about why he got involved in Rapid Response, how his first year as a coordinator has gone and his experience with our We Supply America Campaign. Click to read the interview.
Local 7600 Kaiser retiree transforms scrubs to masks for union siblings
In spring 2019, members of the USW Health Care Workers Council attended the union’s Rapid Response Conference in DC to represent their sector and bring awareness to their fight for safe jobs.
Be a part of our infrastructure bus tour + watch live!
We're taking our union on the road to talk about why we need to have big, bold investment to rebuild our communities and why it must be #USWMade. Click here to find out how to tune in live.
USW Welcomes Senate Passage of Infrastructure Bill, Calls for Continued Urgency
Click here to read our statement on the U.S. Senate passing its bipartisan bill that would provide roughly $1 trillion for upgrading the nation’s critical infrastructure.
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.
PRO Act Would Rebuild Labor Movement
Rapid Response is asking USW members across the country to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to vote YES for the PRO Act. Please call your senators at: 877-607-0785. (Remember, you have two senators, so be sure to make two calls!)
USW@Work: Volume 16, Issue 2
In this issue: USW cement workers key part of infrastructure push; ATI forces 1,300 workers to picket line; PRO Act would rebuild labor movement; University of Pittsburgh organizing campaigns pushing forward; and more.
Tell your Representative to vote YES on H.R. 1195!
Make a quick call and send an email today. It’s quick, easy, and it makes a difference!
Urge your Senators to support worker health and safety
Email your Senators and ask them to urge Senate leadership to support an Emergency Temporary Standard to protect workers from COVID-19.
Workers Memorial Day 2021: Renew the Promise; Safe Jobs for All
On April 28, the USW and all unions of the AFL-CIO will observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe jobs.
Tell the Senate to Pass the COVID Relief Package
We continue to do our part to end this pandemic; Senators must do theirs and pass this bill. Click to take action!
Reconciliation: The Path to the Covid Relief Package
Congress is using a relatively unique tool to pass the next COVID-19 Relief legislation called reconciliation. Click to read how the Reconciliation process will get much-needed aid to millions of Americans.
USW@Work: Volume 15, Issue 1
In this issue: Workers ratify a new contract at packaging giant WestRock; an organizing up date from Proterra in California; Rapid Response activists lobbied Congress for legislation to preserve endangered pension funds; the latest on trade; and more.