District 9 News
NLRB Affirms Kumho Illegally Suppressed USW Drive
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has upheld findings that Kumho Tire illegally threatened and coerced workers at its Macon, Ga., site in a deliberate attempt to stop them from joining our union. More...
Kumho Workers Overcome Campaign of Oppression to Win USW Vote
The National Labor Relations Board today declared the union drive victorious after processing the final 13 ballots from an election last fall.
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!
Workers Report Kumho’s COVID-19 Safety Lapses
Workers at Kumho Tire in Macon, Ga., today alerted health officials to rampant COVID-19 safety failures in their workplace.
Local 13-620 BASF Workers at Geismar Plant Help Fight COVID-19
The site is a big chemical supplier to Clorox and Lysol, and also makes a chemical product for Roche Pharmaceuticals that uses it to produce a drug to treat people with pneumonia.
Local 9-675-01 at 3M’s Guin, Ala., Plant Continues Union Tradition for 64 Years
Local 9-675-01 signed a new contract that increased wages and benefits, turned past practices into solid contract language and averted management concessions at 3M’s plant in Guin, Ala.
USW families among those awarded $300,000 in Union Plus scholarships
Click here to read more about the 2020 Union Plus scholarship winners.
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.
USW Members Persevere at Nuclear Fuel Services During Pandemic
Members of Local 9-677 at the Nuclear Fuel Services plant in Erwin, Tenn., are considered “essential workers” because they produce nuclear fuel for the U.S. Navy and the country’s national defense program.
USW Members Step Up To Produce Hand Sanitizer for Hospitals
Local 9-562-02 at the Huntsman chemical plant in McIntosh, Ala., worked with the company to provide much-needed hand sanitizer for health care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.