District 4 News
2021 USW Cares, District 4 Jefferson Award Winner, Mayra Rivera
For her commitment to standing up for working people and for supporting her community through natural disaster, Mayra Rivera is District 4’s 2021 USW Cares Jefferson Award winner.
Workers at St. Croix Chipping in Baileyville, Maine, officially become members of the USW
While bargaining the newly organized workers’ first contract took longer than expected due to pandemic-related restrictions, outbreaks, and exposures, the outcome was worth the wait. Click to read more...
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.
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.
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!)
3M Workers Unanimously Approve 3-Year Contract With Wage Gains, Other Improvements
The 35 members who work in maintenance, production and the shipping department will receive 2.5 percent wage increases each year of the contract, which begins July 1, 2021 and ends July 1, 2024.
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.
3M Locals Mobilize to Beat Concessions, Make Contract Gains
Locals at 3M’s sites in Cottage Grove, Minn., and Tonawanda, N.Y., successfully overcame the company’s divisive tactics and beat back concessions during months of intense negotiations.
USW Members Protect & Serve
Sheriffs in Niagara, N.Y., Devote Careers to Law Enforcement
Steelworkers Intend to Strike ATI over Unfair Labor Practices
The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union has given ATI (NYSE: ATI) management a notice of the union's intent to strike over unfair labor practices beginning at 7 a.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
Workers Memorial Day 2021: Renew the Promise; Safe Jobs for All
On April 28, the USW and all unions of the AFL-CIO will observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job, and to renew the fight for safe jobs.
Steelworkers Rally against ATI's Demands
Local unions representing about 1,300 Steelworkers at nine ATI facilities held gate rallies this week to show solidarity against the company's persistent concessionary demands.