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Congress Approves $2 Trillion Coronavirus Emergency Stimulus Package
The bill has more than ten times the amount spent on the first two coronavirus bills combined.
Letter to the American Hospital Association: Stop Muzzling Frontline Healthcare Workers
Today we signed on to a letter to the AHA urging them to stop muzzling healthcare workers with threats of disciplinary action for speaking out about coronavirus patient caseloads and dwindling hospital supplies needed to care for such patients.
In these tough times, there's help with mental health, substance abuse
Many of our contracts have bargained Employee Assistance Programs with employers that offer mental health and substance abuse help. Click for more...
Connecticut 3M Workers Help in Fight Against COVID-19
The members make filters that are used by Regeneron Pharmaceutical. The filters are needed in Regeneron’s research efforts to develop an effective treatment for the COVID-19 virus.
Even now, we're still fighting for fair trade, jobs
International Vice President Roxanne Brown has testified on behalf of USW members in the aluminum industry to fight for fair trade and our jobs. More...
Message from Our President: We fight on for working people in face of Covid-19
Our International President Tom Conway sent a message to USW members and staff about how the union continues to work hard in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Click for more...
COVID-19 Action Call: Congress Must Put People Before Corporations
We cannot allow corporations to cash in and leave laid off workers behind while taking federal funds. Call your Senators and Representatives today!
USW Negotiates Coronavirus Protocol with BASF to Protect Workers, Families and Communities
The USW negotiated a COVID-19 coronavirus protocol with chemical giant BASF that may serve as a model for the rest of the chemical industry in keeping facilities operating and workers safe during this worldwide pandemic.
Anna Fendley Discusses Women’s Activism on The Leslie Marshall Show
USW Director of Regulatory and State Policy Anna Fendley appeared on The Leslie Marshall Show last week to discuss women’s activism at home and internationally.
Minnesota Iron Range nurses join USW after year-long negotiations
After voting to join the United Steelworkers (USW) in January 2019, 19 registered nurses at Essentia Health Northern Pines Hospital in Aurora, Minn., are now members of Local 9439 upon ratifying their first contract agreement on March 16.
COVID-19 Action Call: PPE Donations from USW Locals Needed
We're asking all local unions to work with their employers to donate needed personal protective equipment to healthcare and other workers who desperately need it during the Covid-19 pandemic. More...
Information on emergency legislative responses to the Covid-19 pandemic.
So far, two bills have passed through the House and Senate, and both are now signed into law. We are lobbying for even more measures...click to get the latest.
#USWMade Toilet Paper: We've Got Your Backs!
All over the world, rolls of toilet paper, paper towels and tissue paper are flying off the shelves as people respond to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Did you know that these products are #USWMade by members in the United States and Canada? More...
USW Guide, information related to Covid-19
Covid-19 has been declared a pandemic, and the disease is spreading rapidly across the United States and Canada. We're working nonstop to protect the health and safety of all workers, including our members on the frontlines of this emergency. More...
AFL-CIO petitions Labor Department for emergency coronavirus standard
The AFL-CIO has petitioned U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in response to the growing coronavirus outbreak.
USW Solidarity at BASF Middle Georgia Results in Four-Year Contract With No Concessions
List of USW events canceled due to Coronavirus pandemic
Click here to see what USW events have been postponed or canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The list will be updated often so check back.
Her company locked her out of work; her union paid her mortgage
Learn how USW Local 120124 member Lisa Pedersen was helped by the Union Plus Mortgage Assistance Program when National Grid locked us out of our jobs.
Women labor activists demand transformative agenda in Geneva
More than 200 trade union women, including a delegation os Steelworkers, traveled from their 60 home countries to Geneva, Switzerland, last fall for IndustriALL Global Union’s World Women’s Conference.
Hard-won first contracts at two Chartwell retirement facilities
The two new units comprise approximately 200 members, who will join amalgamated Local 1-207, and include LPNs, activity aides, cooks, housekeepers, and more.