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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.
Delegates Direct Major Focus on Organizing
Delegates to the 2022 Constitutional Convention redoubled the USW’s commitment to organizing Tuesday, passing resolutions to fuel union drives across broad swaths of the economy.
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.
Local 652 Members Play Key Role In Overhaul of Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory
Local 652 members did the overhaul, working with engineering, management and operations. Click to read more...
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.
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.
District 1 Women of Steel Scholarship Recipients
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Part 2: Labor and Elections
While 80 years have passed, the intent and urgency of Resolution No. 14 on Political Action is as relevant today as it was during that founding convention. Click to read why that is the case.
USW secures domestic violence language in new Domtar, PCA contracts
The goal is to provide proactive support and training for everyone within a workplace, leave language, and a process for getting that language that is supportive while maintaining a high level of confidentiality for those involved.
Changes at CSB Present Opportunity to Rebuild
The CSB is a fact-finding, independent agency that investigates industrial chemical incidents for their root causes. Policymakers, regulatory agencies and industry use the CSB’s work to make workplaces safer.
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.
Local 14200 President Greg May Replaces Retiring Jeff Hill on Solvay Global Forum
May will replace Hill as the North American representative on the forum, which has one participant from each of Solvay’s main production regions in China, South Korea, Brazil, India and the United States.
USW Hosts Roundtable on Energy Jobs
The USW International headquarters played host on June 28th to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and a group of labor, political and business leaders as the secretary released the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report.
Part 1: Labor and Elections
In order to achieve the best possible outcome for our members and all working families, our union is working tirelessly to prepare for the midterm elections in November. Click to read the first part of our series on labor and elections...
Dave McCall discusses the link between inflation and corporate greed on the Leslie Marshall Show
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Minnesota health care local scores multiple wins, bonuses in latest contract
Roughly 70 members at the Range Center who provide top-level care to people with mental and physical disabilities won multiple gains in their latest contract that was negotiated in a single day.
Sharing our Fred Redmond with the World
In a moving moment, our International President Tom Conway nominated our former Vice President Fred Redmond as Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO. Watch here.
Solvay Execs Outline Company Split at Global Forum Meeting, Emphasize Continuity
One company will include commodity chemicals and have nine U.S. plants. The second company will have nine U.S. sites and focus on chemical materials and items like specialty polymers that are more complex to manufacture.
First-Time Negotiating Team Bargains Wage Hikes, Job Improvements
The four-year contract, which is retroactive to Feb. 11, 2022, covers more than 100 members in logistics, operations and the lab. Members ratified the contract May 11.