District 8 News
Details for the 2023 AFL-CIO Martin Luther King Jr. Civil andHuman Rights Conference
Registration is now open for the 2023 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil and Human Rights Conference: Claiming Our Power, Protecting Our Democracy. Click for more info and to register...
Steelworkers Ratify Historic Agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs Steel
Workers have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new, four-year contract covering roughly 12,000 members at thirteen Cleveland-Cliffs Steel locations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia and Minnesota. Click for more...
Workers at Diversified Gas and Oil Vote to Join USW
Workers at Diversified Gas and Oil’s Buckhannon W.Va., facility have voted overwhelmingly to join our union. More...
USW honra el pasado, mira hacia el futuro durante el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana
Desde César Chávez y Dolores Huerta a Louisa Moreno y Emma Tenayuca, los activistas Hispanos han reformado panorama laboral y sobrepasado obstáculos inmensos para mejorar las condiciones de vida y laborales de todos.
USW honors past, looks to future this National Hispanic Heritage Month
From César Chávez and Dolores Huerta to Louisa Moreno and Emma Tenayuca, Hispanic activists and leaders have reshaped the landscape of labor and overcome great challenges to improve working and living conditions for everyone.
USW: Labor Movement Will Continue as a Force for Good for Generations
As we look to the future, we pledge to continue the fight for working people, and to push our leaders to join us in that fight, on this Labor Day and every day.
Tentative Agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs Rewards Essential Steelworkers
The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union has reached tentative agreement on a new, four-year contract on behalf of roughly 12,000 members at 13 Cleveland-Cliffs locations.
Delegates Vote to Advance Health and Safety Work
USW convention delegates unanimously approved resolutions on Thursday to advance the union’s fight for safer and healthier workplaces.
‘The USW is Charting a New Era,’ VP Harris Says
The USW has strengthened the nation and its economy for decades and is in the process of doing it again through the work of its members, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told the union’s convention delegates on Wednesday.
Conway: ‘We are Everybody’s Union’
International President Tom Conway opened the USW’s 2022 Constitutional Convention on Monday, Aug. 8, with an address that celebrated the union’s victories and recommitted the USW to leading the fight for better lives for workers in the coming years.
USW Member Joins Paducah Citizens Advisory Board
William R. “Billy Bob” Clark, is an operator with Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership and a Local 550 health and safety representative. The DOE Office of Environmental Management appointed Clark to the board for a two-year term along with four other people.
USW Convention to Include 3,000 Union Members, Allies
Four-Day Event in Las Vegas Will Feature Guest Speakers Walsh, Tai.
Paducah Local 550 Gains Recognition For Participation in ‘Take Two For Safety’ Team
Deactivation and remediation contractor Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership formed the “Take Two for Safety” team in 2021 with Local 550 health and safety representatives and professionals from safety and occupational medicine and communications.
Atomic Council Seeks to Harmonize Health Care Benefits Across Department of Energy Complex
In order to streamline this process and ensure top-quality care for all USW atomic members, USW’s Atomic Energy Workers Council is pursuing a standardized health care plan for all the union’s nuclear cleanup workers across the DOE complex.
Collins Aerospace Illegally Locks Out Union Workers
Approximately 250 members of Local 1449 were locked out of their jobs Monday by management at Collins Aerospace after only two weeks of bargaining.