2021
Tell us how changes in technology, automation have impacted your workplace!
Automation and other changes with technology have impacted workers in every sector for decades, including the health care industry. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has accelerated this...
August Update from SOAR Director Julie Stein
Click to read an update from SOAR Director Julie Stein that originally appeared in the July-August SOAR Connection newsletter.
August Update from SOAR President Bill Pienta
Click to read an update from SOAR President Bill Pienta that originally appeared in the July-August SOAR Connection newsletter.
USW International Affairs Director Ben Davis Testifies at Senate Finance Committee Hearing on USMCA
USW International Affairs Director Ben Davis on July 27 testified at a Senate Finance Committee hearing marking the anniversary of the implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). More...
Roy Houseman discusses Biden’s pro-worker agenda on The Leslie Marshall Show
USW Legislative Director Roy Houseman appeared on the Leslie Marshall Show yesterday to discuss President Joe Biden’s pro-worker agenda and the USW’s legislative priorities for the new Congress.
Nursing home workers secure wage increases amid coronavirus surge
As the coronavirus continues to surge in nursing homes across the United States, as well as in Canada, worker burnout and distress are at an all-time high.
Women paper workers talk shop, empowerment in USW webinar
The USW Paper Bargaining Conference hosted an inspiring and informative online discussion on Tues., July 20, about what it means to be a woman in the traditionally male-dominated paper industry.
David McCall discusses domestic manufacturing policy, potential on the Leslie Marshall Show
USW International Vice President David McCall appeared on the Leslie Marshall Show last week to discuss the importance of American manufacturing to meaningful economic growth...
Negotiations heat up in Southern California for Local 7600
Things are heating up at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, where members of Local 7600 have held a summer series of solidarity actions...
USW Members Support Space Exploration
Nine highly skilled USW members at the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) use their expertise to help propel America’s spacecraft and rover systems across the solar system.
It’s Time to Pass the PRO Act! Contact Your Senators Today!
The purposes of the PRO Act are simple: to ensure workers can push for the changes we want to see at our jobs without fear of retaliation, and to strengthen workers’ rights to form a union and negotiate for those changes if we so choose.
Bishop Noa Workers Ratify First Contract
Workers at Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba, Mich., ratified their first contract July 15 after a bitter, protracted battle to secure a deal.
Local 1-689 Pushes Reindustrialization of Former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Local 1-689 leaders met separately with a top Department of Energy official and an Ohio congressman to gauge their support for possible initiatives that could bring jobs to the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant after the cleanup work is completed.
USW health care workers showcase their solidarity during negotiations
Members of Local 7600 held a button and sticker week at the end of June to showcase their solidarity amidst a tough round of negotiations with health care giant Kaiser-Permanente.
Legislative Director Roy Houseman Testifies for Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth on “Defending and Investing in U.S. Competitiveness”
Click to read his full testimony...
PRO Act Would Rebuild Labor Movement
Rapid Response is asking USW members across the country to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to vote YES for the PRO Act. Please call your senators at: 877-607-0785. (Remember, you have two senators, so be sure to make two calls!)
USW Chemical Councils Discuss Bargaining, Local Issues on Virtual Calls
USW’s 3M, Evonik and Solvay councils met virtually this past month to discuss bargaining, negotiation strategies and report on production activity and local union issues.
USW Launches Infrastructure Campaign: We Supply America
We’re taking a broad, ambitious view that includes rebuilding not only our physical infrastructure – like roads, bridges, ports and waterways – but also the social infrastructure of our schools, communications networks and public health services.
U.S. Chemical Industry Mid-Year Outlook Reveals Demand Growth
Chemical sales are rebounding as the nation starts reopening after the Covid-19 pandemic, but full recovery may take until 2023, according to an economist with the American Chemistry Council.
Former OSHA Head Advocates Better Safety and Health System to Protect Workers and the Public
In an interview with Chemical and Engineering News, Michaels cited the extended lead time required to create a final standard that he and—even the agency—admit is oftentimes too weak.