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We are the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union. We’re 850,000 members and retirees strong in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, proudly representing workers across a wide variety of industries including atomic, chemical, energy, glass, health care, higher education, mining and metals, oil, paper, rubber and more. 

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Local 2695
Jun 11
Monthly Meeting

4:00PM - 5:00PM

1301 Texas St.

Gary, IN 46402

Monthly Meeting

Local 2695 monthly union meeting. 

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USW National News

  • Workers Under Attack

    Trump-Musk Onslaught Aims to Cripple Labor Rights, Safety, Oversight Soon after taking office in January, the Trump administration launched a campaign to cripple workers’ rights, dismantle safety agen... —

  • Angels of Steel

    Nursing Home Workers Fight for Fair Treatment, Quality Care Even before she joined the USW, nursing home worker Desirae Beatty knew the power of a union. She had been unjustly discharged by her employ... —

  • Robbing Workers, Rewarding Billionaires

    Click here for a printable PDF of this article. On May 22, 2025, a harmful budget passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 215 to 214. The measure gives huge tax breaks to billionaires an... —

  • Rapid Response: Empower Hour

    EMPOWER HOUR! Exposing the Attacks on Worker Health and Safety. Join us on Thursday, May 29, 2025, for an Empower Hour to learn more about these careless decisions and their impact on the wo... —

  • Rapid Response Action Call: Tell Texas Lawmakers to Support Our Veterans!

    Click here for a printable PDF of this Action Call. Texas is home to over 1.5 million veterans, with more than 1.2 million having served during wartime. Many of these brave individuals have transition... —

Safe Jobs

Do you or someone you care about have a story about violence in a health care setting? Let us know.

Kicked. Punched. Verbally Abused. Choked. Shoved.

These things should never be “all in a day’s work.”

For tens of thousands of USW members working in hospitals, nursing homes, emergency response, and similar workplaces, this is too often the reality. The rates of violence in health care workplaces is 12 times the rate of other sectors, and it is rising sharply. Health care workers suffer more workplace injuries than any other profession, with about 654,000 people harmed per year on the job.

This violence poses a wide threat to nurses, physicians, healthcare staff, patients, and visitors. It also drives up costs and undermines both the quality of care and patient outcomes. Ultimately, it impacts us all.

Here’s the good news: There are proven strategies to reduce violence, like appropriate staffing, trained security staff, and other protocols. This week, the U.S. House held a hearing on The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1309), a bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) that would instruct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue much-needed standards.

There’s a saying that OSHA rules are written in blood. For too long, health care workers have paid the price of inaction. Please watch for ways you can get involved in the coming weeks.

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