District 1 News
USW Atomic Workers Help Energy Department Reach Cleanup Achievements
DOE’s DUF6 conversion project reached a turning point this month. Click to read more...
Union Plus Holiday Giveback campaign to Award $1,000 to 100 Extraordinary Union Members During Holiday Campaign
Contest caps off record year for Union Plus as hardship grants and scholarship awards top more than $2 million to union members. Click to learn more...
Local 1-689 Ratifies Contract With Mid-America Conversion Services
The contract covers about 130 workers at the site’s Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride (DUF6) Conversion Project, which converts depleted uranium hexafluoride for reuse or disposal.
Information on emergency legislative responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
Three bills have passed through the House and Senate and are now signed into law. We are lobbying for even more measures...click to get the latest.
Election Protection Helps Voters Navigate Issues on Election Day
USWTMC Trainer Receives National Safety and Health Award
USW Tony Mazzocchi Center trainer and safety activist Michael Horton received one of two nationwide 2020 Safety and Health Outreach Awards from the Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association.
'We need someone who will support us' - Cleveland Steelworker Biden's debate guest
Local 979 member James Evanoff was honored to be Joe Biden's debate guest Tuesday night. Find out why he's supporting the former Vice President here.
Workers at Portsmouth Cleanup Site Ratify First Contract
The two-year agreement will expire August 2022 when the contract ends for the larger professional & technical (P&T) unit.
A Message from District 1
Click here to read a letter from our District 1 leadership regarding the upcoming presidential election.
Tell the Senate We Need a Better Solution!
The relief package proposed by Senate leadership on July 27 is $2 trillion short, 73 days late, and woefully short of what is needed. Click to take action today!
USW Workers Return to Nuclear Clean-Up Site After COVID-19 Hiatus
The Department of Energy (DOE) is returning USW workers to the Portsmouth, Ohio, nuclear waste clean-up site as part of its Phase 2 COVID-19 remobilization.
Will you join us for a moral march on Washington?
Join us on June 20, 2020, along with the Poor People's Campaign and other allies to demand 140 million poor & low-income people across the nation are heard.
USW: Honor Pride Month by celebrating history, fighting for just future
It is important to reflect on what happened on that heated night at the Stonewall Inn and on the nights that followed. We must remember the suffering and pain that precipitated the uprising and what rights the action eventually helped to win.
United Steelworkers on solidarity and justice for Black Lives
Click to read a statement from USW International Vice President Fred Redmond and the USW Civil and Human Rights Department in response to the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.
USW Endorses Joe Biden for President
Vice President Biden has long been a friend of workers and our union. The USW is proud to stand with him now as he seeks to put our country back on a path toward shared prosperity through responsible leadership.