United Steelworkers (USW) District 13 includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
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.
For all that this council has done to support every local and spread solidarity in District 13, they are the 2021 USW Cares District 13 Jefferson Award winner.
The 13 process operators unanimously voted April 23, 2021, to join the USW, and Local 13-423 Committee Chairman Austin Sangster said many of the goals in negotiations centered on security.
The plan of action came following a breakout session and several discussions at the conclusion of a four-day council meeting held in late October with leaders of 20 unions representing thousands of workers at Dow, DuPont and their spinoff companies.
Our USW International President Tom Conway didn't hold back in his message about the infrastructure bills. Watch now! #WeSupplyAmerica ##USWMade
More than a thousand USW members in District 13 were forced to evacuate after Hurricane Ida battered the Gulf Coast on Aug. 30, and thousands more were left without power.
Local 13-423 welcomed 13 terminal operators from the Motiva terminal in Port Neches, Texas, when they unanimously voted April 23, 2021, to join the USW.
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler sent the letter to ExxonMobil's Board of Directors urging them to review the safety risks of continuing the operations in Beaumont with temporary workers during the lockout.
District 13 Director
Ruben Garza