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

  • Battling Killer Heat

    By David McCallUSW International President The steel-plate floors “absorb heat and radiate it to no end,” says Keenan Bell, explaining why temperatures in parts of the Bridgestone tire plant in Des Mo... —

  • At Home in the Union

    Unions not only help workers break into the middle class but acquire an ownership stake in it. Union workers across the country are 13 percentage points more likely than non-union counterparts to own... —

  • The Plot to Break Working People

    The ultra-rich and their Republican cronies are plotting to break the middle class and create a permanent underclass of workers without economic or political power. The post The Plot to Break Working... —

  • It’s A Great Life

    It's important to remember, especially this Labor Day, that unions anchor millions of Americans in the middle class. Unions enable these workers to leverage the power of solidarity and forge significa... —

  • Gerrymandering Our Freedom Away

    USW members played a pivotal role several years ago in ending out-of-control gerrymandering in Michigan. Instead of emulating that example, Texas Republicans are putting democracy at risk right now wi... —