2021

USW Calls on Manchin to Aid Working Families, Fulfill Promise of Build Back Better

We urge Sen. Manchin to reconsider his current, misguided position on Build Back Better and instead negotiate in good faith to finalize the bill. There is simply too much at stake for him to walk away from his responsibility to our nation.

USW Endorses Kathy Hochul for Governor of New York

Hochul will provide strong leadership during a time when New York needs it most and the USW is extremely proud to be the first industrial international union to endorse her given her long track record of fighting for working families.

USW Calls for Measures to Address Predatory Trade Practices, Advance Human Rights as China Marks 20 Years in WTO

It’s long been clear that China’s entry into the WTO two decades ago was a mistake that has since allowed the Chinese Communist Party to leverage its predatory trade practices against other member nations.

USW Welcomes EPA Proposed Rule on Renewable Fuel Standards

This is an important step in providing needed clarity for the oil industry, one that will help companies make plans for the future and which in turn will help create a more favorable environment for job retention and creation.

Carnegie Library Workers Reach Tentative Agreement

Workers voted to join the USW union in August 2019 seeking a seat at the table when it came to decisions impacting the library community and their own working environment.

USW Welcomes U.S. House Passage of Build Back Better Act

We have long called for robust investment in both our nation’s physical and social infrastructures, and we applaud the significant progress the House passage of the Build Back Better Act represents.

USW: New OMB Waiver Process Provides Needed Transparency

As recent supply chain strains have clearly demonstrated, costs and logistics of reliably importing products into the U.S. continues to grow. The new waiver process will be crucial as our nation begins to re-shore some of these goods.

USW Local 8888 Reaches Tentative Agreement on New Contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries

The union will hold a secret ballot vote for members-only to ratify or reject the proposed contract on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.

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 Applauds House Passage of Infrastructure Bill

Click here for our statement on the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which would provide roughly $1 trillion for upgrading the nation’s critical infrastructure.

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.

USW International Vice President Roxanne Brown to Serve on AFL-CIO Executive Council

Brown has spent more than two decades in our Washington, D.C., legislative office, spearheading work on procurement, energy and environmental regulation. This includes heading our union’s atomic sector and participating in our upcoming oil bargaining.

USW Supports Interim Arrangement with EU on Section 232

This new arrangement, which will maintain but modify Section 232 measures on steel and aluminum from the EU, will create a framework that will ensure U.S. domestic industries remain competitive and able to meet our security and infrastructure needs

Pitt Faculty Members Vote to Join Steelworkers Union

Following more than two years of delays as a result of legal challenges from the administration, preliminary results today showed that more than 71 percent of the workers who voted cast votes to join the union.

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 Applauds Biden Administration’s Vision on U.S.-China Trade Relations

China’s leaders have yet to meet the commitments of the Trump administration’s Phase One trade deal, and Tai made it clear that enforcing this deal is her first priority.

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...

USW Putting Pause on Labor Management Partnership with Kaiser

USW Praises Selection of Brad Crabtree for Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management does crucial work for the Department of Energy, and the USW applauds the decision to nominate Brad Crabtree as its Assistant Secretary.

USW International Vice President Fred Redmond to Serve as AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer

Fred is a decades-long union activist with a proven commitment to both negotiating good contracts and advancing civil and human rights. We know that he will bring the same passion and dedication to his new position.