USW Calls for End to Tax Breaks for Corporate Anti-Union Expenses

The U.S. government should not be subsidizing corporate attacks on American working families. That’s why the USW supports the ‘No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act.’

USW Members Ratify Three-Year First Contract at Cliffs Northshore Mining

The USW also represents approximately 2,000 workers at four other Cliffs mining facilities in Minnesota and northern Michigan. Northshore Mining was the last remaining taconite mine on Minnesota’s Iron Range without a union.

USW Welcomes Nursing Home Staffing Proposal

“Health care workers in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities serve some of the most vulnerable members of society, and minimum staffing standards will help these workers provide the time and attention their patients need.

USW Welcomes Antidumping Duties on Tin Mill Products from China, Two Other Countries

The United Steelworkers (USW) union today welcomed the Commerce Department’s decision to institute new tariffs on dumped tin and chromium coated sheet steel products from China and two other countries.

USW Announces Memorandum of Cooperation with NewRange Copper Nickel

We've reached an agreement to work together with NewRange Copper Nickel LLC (New Range) as it looks to mine a variety of critical minerals in northeastern Minnesota.

USW: Build America, Buy America Critical to Creating Good Jobs

The United Steelworkers union (USW), released the following statement today from USW International President Tom Conway in response to the Biden administration’s release...

USW Responds to U.S. Steel Plans to Review Sale Options

USW members have been through sales and potential sales of employers many times before, and our priority is always to ensure that USW members’ rights are respected and that jobs and benefits are protected.

USW Calls on Gov. Bryan to Relocate Workers from Unsafe BMV Offices in U.S. Virgin Islands

USW Members Ratify Four-Year First Contract at Kumho Tire

The United Steelworkers (USW) announced that members this week voted to ratify a four-year first contract covering about 325 workers at Kumho Tire.

USW Local 4-200 Begins ULP Strike at Robert Wood Johnson New Brunswick

Members of our Local 4-200 today at 7 a.m., began an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick. More...

USW Urges Essity to Consider Alternatives to Shuttering South Glens Falls Mill

The United Steelworkers today said that the union has sent a letter to Essity urging management to reconsider the Swedish company’s decision to mothball the paper mill, which employs about 350 full-time hourly workers.

Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh Workers File for Union Election

Approximately 100 veterinary technicians and assistants, medical receptionists, animal caretakers and behavioralists, grant writers, educators, wildlife rehabilitators and other staff at the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh...

USW Local 4-200 files notice of ULP strike at Robert Wood Johnson New Brunswick

The local is comprised of more than 1,700 members who work as nurses throughout the hospital. Their most recent contract expired on June 30 after several months of bargaining.

USW Welcomes Resolution of Goodyear Rapid Response Case, Calls on all Mexican Tire Producers to Allow Union Organizing

We welcome the announcement by the U.S. Trade Representative and the Department of Labor that the case filed against Goodyear on April 20 under the United States-Mexico Canada Agreement. More...

Bismarck Bobcat Workers Ratify First Contract

The United Steelworkers (USW) said that workers voted to ratify their first union contract at the Bobcat manufacturing facility on Tuesday, July 18, 2023.

Workers at Cleveland Cliffs’ Northshore Mining Join USW

The approximately 400 workers mine taconite in Babbitt, Minn., make iron ore pellets in Silver Bay, Minn., and transport products and tailings.

More than 1,700 nurses vote for strike authorization at Robert Woods Johnson New Brunswick

USW Will Rally to Endorse Mark Poloncarz for Erie County Executive

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union will sponsor an event to endorse Mark Poloncarz for Erie County Executive.

Retired USW President Gerard Receives Highest Canadian Honor

Gerard, the product of a hardscrabble northern Ontario mining town who went on to serve for 18 years as international president of the United Steelworkers union, today received Canada’s highest civilian honor, Companion of the Order of Canada.

USW Praises Biden for Saving Pensions

We praise President Joe Biden’s administration for saving multiemployer pension plans covering more than a million Americans, including tens of thousands of USW members and retirees. More...