USW Industries and Work Places

From uranium enrichment to work on decommissioning and decontamination to waste storage, USW members are key in carrying forward our nation’s atomic legacy.

USW members work across the chemical sector, including in chemical plants, petrochemical units and chemical end products manufacturing.

USW creative, service and technical workers serve in a wide variety of settings from museums to the highly respected College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico. They work as journalists, Google contractors, staff for other unions and more.

Our union represents a wide range of highly dedicated educators, serving in elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities.

USW members work on maintaining water, sewer and utility lines, as well as in producing pipe for the oil and gas industry, rechargeable batteries, components for solar panels and more.

USW members are involved in every aspect of the glassmaking process, from melting and molding on the “hot end” to packaging and warehousing on the “cold end.” The 25,000 USW members in the glass industry make glass containers, specialty glass, fiberglass, auto and architectural flat glass, consumer glass, lighting glass and more.

The USW’s health care sector is 50,000 members strong, working in pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, emergency transport, hospitals, long-term care facilities and more.

USW members manufacture a wide range of products from electric school buses to fire hydrants to nuclear powered submarines—and even hamburger buns!

Our national security and critical supply chains depend on a steady supply of steel and aluminum. Our members proudly melt, pour, smelt and cast—as well as fabricate, extrude, recycle and produce—essential metals.

Through both ferrous and non-ferrous mining, USW members supply industries with the raw materials they need to produce high-quality finished goods.

The USW’s National Oil Bargaining Program includes tens of thousands of USW oil workers across dozens of employers including refining, production, pipelines, maintenance, storage and petrochemical facilities that represent roughly two-thirds of all U.S. refining capacity.

From maintaining forests to producing books, boxes, tissues, take-out containers and more, USW paper and forestry workers touch every corner of our lives, while making the industry more efficient and sustainable.

USW public sector workers hold a wide range of jobs, serving our communities as public defenders and district attorneys, horticulturists and educators. They maintain water and sewer lines, service roads, work in law enforcement and many more essential services.

For nearly 100 years, union rubber and tire workers have kept the world running, providing high-quality tires for cars, trucks, buses, heavy machinery and more.

USW members work in dozens of fields throughout the transportation industry, from driving buses, taxis, trucks and water transports to serving as flight attendants.