District 11 News
3M Cottage Grove Members Push Back Against Company’s Unsafe Proposals
Bargaining started June 8 for a new agreement covering some 292 production workers and 70 in the building crafts. They work at the 3M Cottage Grove campus in Minnesota at six plants, each organized as a division with its own departments.
District 11 Leadership: Trump Failed Minnesota Workers
Click here to read a letter from our District 11 leadership regarding the 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!
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.
Tell Congress to Protect Our Pensions! The GROW Act must be removed from the next stimulus bill
Contact your Representative TODAY!
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.
Tell Congress: On and Off the Job, Workers Need Protection!
We know we don’t typically ask for engagement on two issues at once, but unprecedented times call for unprecedented action, especially with our members’ and their families’ health and safety on the line.
Special Message for Health Care Workers from Workers Uniting on International Workers Day
Workers Uniting salutes the great sacrifice and selfless dedication of all our health and care workers. Click to read more...
USW Supports Latest COVID Aid, Calls for Continued Bipartisan Action
Critically needed PPE donated to USW workplaces in District 11
Click here for info on how our union is working with employers in Minnesota to get critically needed PPE to our frontline workers during this pandemic.
Watch us team up with firefighters to give quarantined 8-year-old birthday surprise
Our union in Minnesota teamed up with a local volunteer fire department to help Ellie Hines have an awesome 8th birthday, despite being quarantined because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here for the uplifting video.
Measures Must Be Put in Place To Protect Workers of Large Employers with Paid Leave
States must protect public health and fill in the gaps in the federal law on ensuring that all employees have access to coronavirus-related paid sick days.