Releases / Advisories
- 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.
- June 29, 2009 | Jennifer Wright Dorr USW Family Members Awarded Union Plus Scholarships A higher education is more important than ever. But with real wages falling for working families, health care costs increasing and tuition rising faster than the rate of inflation, affording an education now is even harder.
- June 26, 2009 | USW Ohio Congressional Members Urge U.S. to Provide GM Retirees Medical Benefits A letter transmitted by 13 Ohio congressional members and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy F. Geithner was made public today, urging ‘simple justice’ with equity in financial support for the future medical and life insurance benefits of GM retirees represented by the United Steelworkers (USW) and two other unions. Click here for more.
- June 24, 2009 Steelworkers Reach Tentative Agreement with MeadWestvaco in Covington The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union has reached tentative agreement on a new, six-year collective bargaining agreement on behalf of 900 hourly production and maintenance employees at MeadWestvaco.
- June 23, 2009 USW Supports New WTO Case Filed By U.S, EU Against China The United Steelworkers (USW) today gave strong support for a new World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute filed by the United States and European Union, challenging China’s export restrictions on key raw materials and minerals used in manufacturing.
- June 23, 2009 | Workers Uniting Workers Uniting Celebrates Bangladesh Denim Workers’ Victory Workers Uniting, the world’s first global union that is a partnership between Unite from the UK and the United Steelworkers from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean today is celebrating the major victory of workers at the R.L. Denim factory in Bangladesh. Click here for more.
- June 19, 2009 Steelworkers Reach Tentative Agreement with Robert Wood Johnson Hospital The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union has reached tentative agreement on a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement on behalf of 1,300 registered nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- June 18, 2009 | USW USW Lauds ITC Vote Affirming China Tire Import Surge - Revised The United Steelworkers said it is pleased that the International Trade Commission has moved forward on the union’s Section 421 petition, ruling by a 4-2 vote that a surge of low-priced consumer tires from China is harming the domestic industry. Click here for more.
- June 17, 2009 | USW U.S. ITC Ruling Due on Chinese Import Tire Surge: Thursday, June 18 In a major trade safeguard case against Chinese tire imports, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will announce Thursday whether such imports are a significant cause of material injury, or threat of material injury to the domestic industry producing passenger vehicle and light truck tires. Read more here.
