LOCAL 12160

 

October 6, 2020: Letter to Rep. DeLauro

Local 12160 is reaching out to members of Congress asking them to tell RWA there should be no cuts to our hours or public service. See the letter we s...

August 6, 2020: Successful rally in support of RWA workers & families!

On August 6 we held another successful rally at RWA calling on the Authority to respect essential workers, our families and our customers! We were joi...

Membership Update August 5, 2020

WATER IS ESSENTIAL AND SO IS OUR WORKThe members of USW Local 12160 provide an essential service for our community.  We are there for our communi...

Media Advisory, August 3, 2020

USW Local 12160 members to picket Regional Water Authority, rally in support of essential workers...

USW National News

  • Letting Rural Health Care Bleed Out

    Senate Republicans want to gut Medicaid payments to rural hospitals that are already struggling to survive. The Republicans' plan would hurt local economies and create health deserts in many parts of... —

  • Trump Stabs Workers in the Back

    By David McCallUSW International President Federal officials, then-Gov. Eric Holcomb, union leaders, company representatives and dozens of guests assembled at Heidelberg Materials in Mitchell, Ind., l... —

  • Overcoming Lies and Broken Promises

    By David McCallUSW International President Justin Arango said support for a union built over the years among workers at JSW Steel in Mingo Junction, Ohio, as the company repeatedly failed to deliver f... —

  • Medicaid Saved Her. Now, She Gives Back.

    By David McCallUSW International President Tonya Clark sat in her car along the side of the road—sobbing—after the doctor’s office called to say she had breast cancer. She worried about dying young, l... —

  • Betraying America’s Workers

    By David McCallUSW International President Marshal Cummings monitors the local obituaries and queries retired miners about their health conditions, building his own database of the lives cut short by... —