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Local 646 Valdosta, Ga

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Building America, Fighting Greed

Posted: March 08, 2024...

Chemical operators in Ohio vote unanimously to join the USW

Sam Howard has been a chemical operator at Detrex Corporation in Ashtabula, Ohio, for nine years. He and his fellow 20 workers produce high-purity hyd...

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Passing of Thomas Conway

President Joe Biden honors the life and legacy of our Tom Conway, who passed away Monday, Sept. 25, saying,...

USW Mourns Passing of International President Tom Conway

(PITTSBURGH) – It is with heavy hearts that the United Steelworkers (USW) union today announces the passing of International President...

USW National News

  • Paying It Forward

    USW members who work at the BFGoodrich plant in Fort Wayne, Ind., are among a growing number of union activists nationwide who draw strength from their unions and then pay it forward. The post Paying... —

  • Saving The Ones Who Leave No Stone Unturned

    Workers forced Donald Trump to back down from his reckless plan to gut the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, meaning that millions of workers across the country will continue to b... —

  • This is What Spite Gets Us

    Upon returning to office a year ago, Donald Trump deliberately derailed America's manufacturing boom and imposed an economic agenda driven by vendetta, not the American worker. The post This is What... —

  • ‘The Hell with Everyone Else’

    Future generations of workers will be forced to scrape by in retirement or toil until they die—unless the wealthy finally begin paying their fair share to Social Security, a lifeline at ever greater r... —

  • Leaving No Veteran Behind

    Many veterans struggle to adjust to civilian life, yet the government services specifically established to help them often go unused. That's why USW members are advocating for the Thomas M. Conway Vet... —