District 13 News
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...
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
From Union Matters: Protecting the Gulf
A combination of natural and mechanized infrastructure along the Gulf Coast would support jobs, enhance the economic viability of coastal communities and help protect prime industrial areas from increasingly ferocious storms.
The Oilworker: October 2020
Click the link to read a message from the NOBP Chair.
INEOS Recognizes Local 13-1 Contract
INEOS announced it would be acquiring BP’s petrochemical division, which includes the BP’s Texas City, Texas plant where the new employer has now recognized the union and accepted its contract with USW Local 13-1.
District 13 Council Supports Recovery Efforts After Hurricane Laura
Click to read how staff and members are coming together to help those in need after the hurricane hit Louisiana.
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!
NLRB Issues Sweeping Complaint against ASARCO for Unfair Labor Practices that Instigated Strike by 2,000 Union Workers
The USW today said that Region 28 of the NLRB has issued a far-reaching complaint against ASARCO LLC, a subsidiary of mining conglomerate Grupo Mexico, sanctioning the company for its numerous unlawful actions at and away from the bargaining table.
Local 13-12 Keeps Hand Sanitizer Flowing to Health Care Workers, First Responders
ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge Chemical Plant in Louisiana has the largest single IPA unit in the world of this key ingredient in hand sanitizers and disinfectants.
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!