District 1 News
The Oilworker: Special Message from the NOBP Chair
The two brothers, both at home and in our union, succumbed to injuries they sustained at the BP Cenovus refinery fire and explosion. Click to read how you can help their families and their local USW Local 1-346.
The Oilworker: September 2022
Click to read this month's message from the NOBP Chair and other news and updates from the Oil sector.
USW honra el pasado, mira hacia el futuro durante el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana
Desde César Chávez y Dolores Huerta a Louisa Moreno y Emma Tenayuca, los activistas Hispanos han reformado panorama laboral y sobrepasado obstáculos inmensos para mejorar las condiciones de vida y laborales de todos.
USW honors past, looks to future this National Hispanic Heritage Month
From César Chávez and Dolores Huerta to Louisa Moreno and Emma Tenayuca, Hispanic activists and leaders have reshaped the landscape of labor and overcome great challenges to improve working and living conditions for everyone.
Steelworkers Reach Tentative Agreement on Four-Year Contract at Cleveland-Cliffs’ Mines
The proposed agreement provides important economic and contract language improvements that will improve working conditions along with the standard of living for USW members and their families.
USW: Labor Movement Will Continue as a Force for Good for Generations
As we look to the future, we pledge to continue the fight for working people, and to push our leaders to join us in that fight, on this Labor Day and every day.
Tentative Agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs Rewards Essential Steelworkers
The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union has reached tentative agreement on a new, four-year contract on behalf of roughly 12,000 members at 13 Cleveland-Cliffs locations.
Delegates Vote to Advance Health and Safety Work
USW convention delegates unanimously approved resolutions on Thursday to advance the union’s fight for safer and healthier workplaces.
‘The USW is Charting a New Era,’ VP Harris Says
The USW has strengthened the nation and its economy for decades and is in the process of doing it again through the work of its members, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told the union’s convention delegates on Wednesday.
Conway: ‘We are Everybody’s Union’
International President Tom Conway opened the USW’s 2022 Constitutional Convention on Monday, Aug. 8, with an address that celebrated the union’s victories and recommitted the USW to leading the fight for better lives for workers in the coming years.
USW Convention to Include 3,000 Union Members, Allies
Four-Day Event in Las Vegas Will Feature Guest Speakers Walsh, Tai.
District 1 Women of Steel Scholarship Recipients
Click to find out who was awarded this years scholarships...
Atomic Council Seeks to Harmonize Health Care Benefits Across Department of Energy Complex
In order to streamline this process and ensure top-quality care for all USW atomic members, USW’s Atomic Energy Workers Council is pursuing a standardized health care plan for all the union’s nuclear cleanup workers across the DOE complex.
USW Ratifies 38-Month Agreement with ContiTech
Members have ratified a new, 38-month agreement with ContiTech, U.S.A., covering about 600 workers at the company’s plants in Marysville, Ohio; Lincoln, Nebraska; and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. More...
Solvay Execs Outline Company Split at Global Forum Meeting, Emphasize Continuity
One company will include commodity chemicals and have nine U.S. plants. The second company will have nine U.S. sites and focus on chemical materials and items like specialty polymers that are more complex to manufacture.