- July 02, 2009 Steelworkers Ratify Groundbreaking Agreement with MeadWestvaco in Covington The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the members of USW Local 8-675 in Covington, Virginia have voted in favor of a proposed new contract with MeadWestvaco. The overwhelming ratification vote took place on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.
- July 01, 2009 | USW Fenton Art Glass to be featured on QVC July 4 Fenton Art Glass - made by members of USW Local 508 - is scheduled to be featured on the home shopping channel QVC this holiday weekend. Click here for more info.
- July 02, 2009 Steelworkers Ratify Groundbreaking Agreement with MeadWestvaco in Covington The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the members of USW Local 8-675 in Covington, Virginia have voted in favor of a proposed new contract with MeadWestvaco. The overwhelming ratification vote took place on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.
- June 29, 2009 USW Applauds ITC Remedy Vote on China Tire Imports The United Steelworkers (USW) applauded today’s vote by the International Trade Commission (ITC) for a tariff remedy in the union’s Section 421 petition against a surge of low-priced and market disrupting consumer tires from China.
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July 02, 2009
Women of Steel
No matter which Women of Steel Leadership Course a union sister attends, she knows that she has entered a new era of union activism and her life will never be the same.
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July 01, 2009
Fenton Art Glass
Fenton Art Glass is a family-own glass company that has been making decorative and utilitarian glassware - vases, figurines, baskets and other colorful art glass - since 1905. The factory in West Virginia employs about 120 workers on one shift. At its height, more than 700 worked day and night. From day one, Fenton employees had a union – the American Flint Glass Workers - and now, the United Steelworkers Local 508.
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May 13, 2009
Nashville - Keep It Made In America
On May 13, the “Keep It Made In America” bus tour landed USW Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. About 150 union members, their families and friends gathered inside to hear Mary Alyce Dimoff from the Nashville Office perform, America the Beautiful.
