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USW and IBEW Launch Organizing Drive at Tesla’s Buffalo Solar Factory

The United Steelworkers (USW) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announced today that workers at Tesla’s solar panel factory in Buffalo, N.Y.

USW: NAFTA Still Needs Work

Click the link to read the statement USW International President Leo W. Gerard made today after leaders of the three parties to the updated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed the agreement.

Steelworkers Ratify Agreements with ArcelorMittal

Roughly 15,000 Steelworker members have overwhelmingly ratified new, four-year labor agreements with ArcelorMittal USA that will increase wages, bolster retirement provisions, improve benefits and strengthen contract language.

USW Congratulates Los Mineros on Victory at the El Boleo Mine

Federal Bronze Locks Out Dozens of Hourly Workers in Newark

Thirty-one members of USW Local 40M were locked out of their jobs today by management at Federal Bronze Casting Industries, Inc., after voting to reject the company’s latest contract proposal. Click here for more.

USW condemns assassination of Turkish union leader Abdullah Karacan

USW Members Vote to Ratify 4-Year Contract with U.S. Steel

Agreement Raises Wages, Improves Benefits for Thousands of Workers

USW Welcomes Minnesota DNR Decision to Issue Permits for Planned PolyMet Mine

The United Steelworkers union (USW) today said that it welcomed the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announcement that it had issued permits for a planned mining project in northeastern Minnesota. Click here for more.

We stand with Jewish community, call for unity to end division, inequality

Click here to read our statement regarding the act of terror that claimed 11 lives at Tree of Life Synagogue, as well as injured six others, including first responders, this past weekend.

DowDuPont Workers Unite Globally Amid Corporate Restructuring

Union leaders representing thousands of workers employed at DowDuPont companies from the United States and around the globe met last week in Pittsburgh to discuss common issues and pledge unity.

USW Reaches Tentative Agreement with U.S. Steel

Members Preparing to Vote on New Contract Covering 16,000 Workers.

USW Members Vote to Ratify Four-Year Contract with Cliffs

Agreement Raises Wages for Workers at Michigan, Minnesota Iron Ore Mines

Pitt Grads Testify at PLRB on Union Rights

Click here to learn about members of USW’s Graduate Student Organizing Committee's hearing before the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB), testifying that they are employees at the University of Pittsburgh with the right to form a union.

USW Looks Forward to Working with USTR to Continue to Improve New NAFTA-USMCA

United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement after renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement was completed.

USW Oil Workers Approve National Oil Bargaining Program Policy

More than 375 United Steelworkers (USW) delegates attending the National Oil Bargaining Program (NOBP) conference approved policy for the 2019 national pattern agreement.

United: Steelworkers Authorize Strike against ArcelorMittal

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that 13 local unions representing about 15,000 workers unanimously granted their negotiating committee the authority to implement a strike against ArcelorMittal if necessary. Click here for more.

USW Members Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize Strike at U.S. Steel

Thousands of Workers Stand Up to Profitable Steelmaker’s Concessionary Demands

Thousands of Steelworkers Rally Across Nation for Fair Treatment

Contracts with Two Companies Covering 31,000 Set to Expire Sept. 1

USW Welcomes the Return of Napoleón Gómez to Mexico

The United Steelworkers welcomes the return to Mexico of Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, the President and General Secretary of the National Union of Mine, Metal, Steel and Related Workers of the Mexican Republic (Los Mineros) after more than 12 years of exile.

Steelworkers to Rally Across Nation as Contract Expiration Approaches

Thousands of members of the USW are planning a nationwide day of action on Thursday, Aug. 30, calling for fair treatment as their collective bargaining agreements with ArcelorMittal and U.S. Steel are set to expire on Sept. 1.