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USW Lawsuit Seeks to Retain Original Chemical Disaster Rule
About 12,500 manufacturing plants use, store or manage highly hazardous chemicals that the rule covers.
U.S. Chemical Industry Growth Expected to Continue in 2020
An American Chemistry Council (ACC) report said that U.S. chemical production continued to expand in 2019 despite the Trump administration’s tariffs and a slowdown in global and U.S. manufacturing.
USW Negotiates Top Wage Increases at Solvay Marietta, Ohio, Plant
The new agreement included wage increases of 3.1 percent each year for the first three years and 3.15 percent for the fourth year. It also included increases in Sunday pay, vision benefits and the shoe allowance.
USW Gains Paid Family Leave in New 3M Contract
The new agreement contains three weeks of 100 percent paid parental leave.
From the USW Chemical Chair: Challenges and Opportunities Abound in the New Year
With repeated communication between our chemical locals, whether or not they are engaged in bargaining, we can form a tight-knit chemical sector.
Bill Alston - USW District 7 PAC Contributor
All the achievements labor has won over the years are being challenged and rolled back by corporate-backed lobbyists and politicians. My monthly contribution to USW PAC helps our union fight back against these attacks.
Health Care Workers Council talks organizing, technology at annual meeting
The union’s Health Care Workers Council strategized for the future of the union and the evolving industry in Pittsburgh last December, leaving the city with several action plans moving forward.
History made! 10,000+ members at Local 8888
Justin Bates, a painter at Newport News shipyard, this week became the 10,000th member of USW Local 8888. Click here for more...
Bargaining Begins with ATI Management, Initial Proposals Exchanged
Today in Pittsburgh, our 2020 contract negotiations with ATI began with our first face-to-face meeting with management.
New Contract at Cigna Local 985 in Tampa
The approximately 77 pharmaceutical call center workers at the Tampa location, along with the other USW members across several Cigna locals, obtained two additional holidays, a readjusted PTO schedule, and more.
A Mexican Oligarch Is Undermining the New NAFTA
Grupo México CEO Germán Larrea threatens to undermine the new NAFTA agreement as the USW’s unfair labor practice strike continues at its subsidiary ASARCO in Arizona and Texas.