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USW Welcomes U.S. House Passage of Build Back Better Act
We have long called for robust investment in both our nation’s physical and social infrastructures, and we applaud the significant progress the House passage of the Build Back Better Act represents.
USW: New OMB Waiver Process Provides Needed Transparency
As recent supply chain strains have clearly demonstrated, costs and logistics of reliably importing products into the U.S. continues to grow. The new waiver process will be crucial as our nation begins to re-shore some of these goods.
USW Local 8888 Reaches Tentative Agreement on New Contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries
The union will hold a secret ballot vote for members-only to ratify or reject the proposed contract on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.
USW Local 7600 Announces Tentative Agreement with Kaiser Permanente
The proposed contract represents important progress in narrowing the wage gap between Kaiser’s Inland Empire workforce and other area workers doing the same jobs, as well as beating back a proposed two-tier wage scale, and more.
USW Applauds House Passage of Infrastructure Bill
Click here for our statement on the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which would provide roughly $1 trillion for upgrading the nation’s critical infrastructure.
USW Local 7600 Intends to Strike Kaiser Over Unfair Labor Practices
The multi-billion-dollar health care giant has persistently tried to force workers to accept provisions like a two-tier wage scale and refuses to address vast wage disparities between its Inland Empire workforce and other area workers doing the same jobs.
USW International Vice President Roxanne Brown to Serve on AFL-CIO Executive Council
Brown has spent more than two decades in our Washington, D.C., legislative office, spearheading work on procurement, energy and environmental regulation. This includes heading our union’s atomic sector and participating in our upcoming oil bargaining.
USW Supports Interim Arrangement with EU on Section 232
This new arrangement, which will maintain but modify Section 232 measures on steel and aluminum from the EU, will create a framework that will ensure U.S. domestic industries remain competitive and able to meet our security and infrastructure needs
Pitt Faculty Members Vote to Join Steelworkers Union
Following more than two years of delays as a result of legal challenges from the administration, preliminary results today showed that more than 71 percent of the workers who voted cast votes to join the union.
Thirty-one thousand health care workers authorize strike at Kaiser Permanente
Workers say health care giant refuses to make investments in patient care that prioritize staffing, safety, and equity.
USW Applauds Biden Administration’s Vision on U.S.-China Trade Relations
China’s leaders have yet to meet the commitments of the Trump administration’s Phase One trade deal, and Tai made it clear that enforcing this deal is her first priority.
USW Local 7600 will seek strike authorization from 7,400 Kaiser Permanente workers
Our members at Local 7600 at Kaiser Permanente have scheduled a strike authorization vote Oct. 2-10, as negotiations continue over a new labor agreement that will enable them to continue providing high-quality care. More...
USW Putting Pause on Labor Management Partnership with Kaiser
USW Praises Selection of Brad Crabtree for Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management does crucial work for the Department of Energy, and the USW applauds the decision to nominate Brad Crabtree as its Assistant Secretary.
USW International Vice President Fred Redmond to Serve as AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer
Fred is a decades-long union activist with a proven commitment to both negotiating good contracts and advancing civil and human rights. We know that he will bring the same passion and dedication to his new position.
USW to Kick Off National Week of Action on Infrastructure
Union’s ‘We Supply America’ Bus Scheduled to Stop at USW Locals to Highlight Jobs, Community Benefits of Robust Investment
USW Welcomes Senate Passage of Infrastructure Bill, Calls for Continued Urgency
Click here to read our statement on the U.S. Senate passing its bipartisan bill that would provide roughly $1 trillion for upgrading the nation’s critical infrastructure.
USW Mourns Loss of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
The labor community suffered an immeasurable loss today with the passing of Rich Trumka, a true friend of our union and of workers everywhere.
USW, US Wind Announce Partnership to Transform Historic Sparrows Point Site
Through the agreement, the USW will work with the company to recruit and train local workers, ensuring the surrounding community shares in the benefits of this investment.
USW Tech Workers Ratify Historic First Contract at HCL
Workers have ratified a first contract with Google contractor HCL America, Inc., covering about 65 employees who are based in Pittsburgh.