USW Activism at a Glance

Our union draws strength from its diversity. Come join us as we use that power to advance equity, promote human rights and build a more just world.

The USW provides a wide range of educational programming as we equip workers to be more effective leaders and help build a stronger labor movement.

When tragedy strikes, trained Emergency Response Team volunteers provide on-site assistance to their union siblings and their families.

The USW Health, Safety and Environment department provides members with a wide range of resources for making their jobs safer: from providing trainings to help with bargaining to advocating for stronger health and safety regulations.

As USW members, we understand that our ability to bargain strong contracts requires us to be on the forefront of major legislative and policy battles, holding our elected officials accountable and ensuring workers’ voices are heard.

Our Next Generation program educates and empowers the USW’s young activists and future leaders, ensuring our union will remain strong well into the future.

Rapid Response is the USW’s nonpartisan grassroots education, communication and engagement program. It provides every USW member with information and opportunities to actively influence the government decisions and legislative actions that affect them.

Union activism doesn’t end with retirement! SOAR provides USW retirees and their families with opportunities to support bargaining, achieve pro-worker legislative goals, protect retirement security and more.

The United Steelworkers Tony Mazzocchi Center (USWTMC) is a training organization focused on providing education to workers around occupational health, safety and environmental hazards.

Bargaining strong contracts, safeguarding workers’ health and safety, protecting retirement security, and more, is all too often tied to local, state and federal laws and the people making them. That’s why we do everything we can to elect lawmakers who will support workers, regardless of their party affiliation.

Thousands of USW members served or are serving in the military. Veterans of Steel offers a dedicated space to find resources and connect with one another as our union advocates for stronger contract language and common-sense legislation that supports those who served.

Inclusion has always been a cornerstone of our union’s values. Women of Steel provides all female-identifying USW members with opportunities to learn and lead in their communities and their workplaces as we strive for true equity across all corners of our society.