District 12 News
Appellate Court’s Decision on Waste Volume Could Keep Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Open to 2050
DOE requested in 2018 a change in its operating permit to allow it to count the volume of nuclear waste itself instead of the volume of the waste drum. Doing so would mean the underground salt repository would be a third full instead of half full.
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 Local 7600 files strike notice for 7,400 health care workers in SoCal
United Steelworkers (USW) Local 7600 has officially given Kaiser Permanente management a 10-day notice of its intent to strike over unfair labor practices beginning on Mon., Nov. 15, 2021.
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.
2021 USW Cares SOAR Jefferson Award Winner, Joel Buchanan
Joel Buchannan has been a dues-paying member of the United Steelworkers for 51 years. His long career of political, community, and labor activism started in 1970...
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 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...
Hanford Pipeline Completed, Facility on Track to Process Radioactive Waste
This represents a major achievement for the Department of Energy to meet the federal-court ordered 2023 deadline to start treating the least radioactive of the 56 million gallons of waste in the tank farm.
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 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 Applauds OMB’s Plan to Strengthen Domestic Content Requirements
Workers across every facet of our economy, including hundreds of thousands of USW members, are ready and willing to help our nation meet its needs.
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.
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 Calls on Newsom Administration to Protect Oil Workers, Communities
The USW provided detailed recommendations to the administration of California Gov. Gavin Newsom in advance of its “Just Transition Roadmap,” urging it to include substantial protections for oil production workers and their communities.
International Officers Answer Questions about Infrastructure During Virtual Meetings
The USW held its first virtual session about its infrastructure initiative, We Supply America, on May 10 when International President Tom Conway and International Vice President Roxanne Brown provided an overview and answered members’ questions.