United Steelworkers (USW) District 9 includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina and the Virgin Islands.
The six biomedical technicians join approximately 220 other organized workers of Local 254 in the American Red Cross’ manufacturing, storage, and distribution departments.
USW Atomic Energy Workers Council President Jim Key visited the White House on July 10 to witness President Joe Biden sign into law the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (A.D.V.A.N.C.E.) Act.
“While ‘no’ was the first answer I got, ‘yes’ was the only one I accepted,” says Jamie in their Stories of Pride feature, a profile series by the USW LGBTQ+ Advisory Committee.
The USW today announced that more than 1,500 members at Blue Bird Corp.’s Fort Valley, Ga., facility ratified a first union contract that provides significant wage improvements, promotes respect on the job, and more.
As seen in USW@Work: Before Courtney Melvin was a member of Local 1025, she worked in sales at a Best Buy store. The low pay and scant benefits at the non-union job made it difficult for the single mother to provide a good life for herself and her family.
For the last few weeks, we have been diligently pressuring Georgia legislators to oppose S.B. 362, a bill that would prohibit Georgia businesses receiving state economic subsidies from voluntarily recognizing a union in their workplace.
