District 1 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.
Vice President of Local 1104 Testifies for Hearing on Renewing Prosperity in the Industrial Heartland: An Economic Agenda for Forgotten Communities
Click to read Richard Cain's full testimony for the Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth...
The Union Way of Life; Ohio Pipe Mill Illustrates Need for Major Infrastructure Bill
Local 7014 members make some of those vital products at their factory in Coshocton. The McWane facility produces ductile iron pipe used in water infrastructure, as well as utility poles used to provide electrical power to communities.
Ohio Congressman Presses for More Safety Checks in Decommissioning of Piketon Uranium Enrichment Plant
More safety precautions are on tap for the demolition of the X326 uranium enrichment building at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio.
USW to Kick Off National Week of Action on Infrastructure
Union’s ‘We Supply America’ Bus Scheduled to Stop at USW Locals to Highlight Jobs, Community Benefits of Robust Investment
USW Mourns Loss of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
The labor community suffered an immeasurable loss today with the passing of Rich Trumka, a true friend of our union and of workers everywhere.
2021 USW Cares, District 1 Jefferson Award Winner, Robert Ford
USW Applauds OMB’s Plan to Strengthen Domestic Content Requirements
Workers across every facet of our economy, including hundreds of thousands of USW members, are ready and willing to help our nation meet its needs.
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.
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.
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!)
International Officers Answer Questions about Infrastructure During Virtual Meetings
The USW held its first virtual session about its infrastructure initiative, We Supply America, on May 10 when International President Tom Conway and International Vice President Roxanne Brown provided an overview and answered members’ questions.
USW Members Testify at ITC Hearing in Support of PVLT Tire Petition
Seven members of the USW, including USW International President Tom Conway, today testified at an International Trade Commission hearing, sounding the alarm over the harm dumped and illegally subsidized imports inflict on the domestic tire industry.
USW Workers Keep Operations Safe at DUF6 Conversion Project
DUF6 workers deal with radioactive and hazardous substances day in and day out, so they know what needs to be done to make their work safer.