Welcome to the new USW Local 897 website. Here you will find links to things like ADP, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Principal retirement and great USW apparel. We hope you find it useful. Please let us know what you think and what should be added as this is your website.
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The USW was established May 22, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio, through the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, after almost six years of divisive struggles to create a new union of steelworkers. The founder and first president of the USW, Philip Murray, led the union through its first organizing drives and dangerous first decade, when the workers of USW went on strike several times to win the right to bargain collectively with steel companies. Through collective bargaining they secured higher wages and paid vacations.
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DON'T FORGET UNION MEETINGS HAVE A NEW LOCATION Click here for directions
2 Chances to win a $25.00 Tim Hortons Gift card for those who attend
Rapid Response News
Rapid Response, our union’s nonpartisan grassroots activist program, provides an opportunity for every USW member to weigh in on legislation concerning labor and work-related issues. By joining together, we encourage government actions that will positively impact our families, contracts and communities. Learn more!
Union Plus Benefits
Did you know your USW membership entitles you to discounts on wireless, car rentals, movie tickets, car insurance and more? Visit the Union Plus website to view current discounts and programs.
USW National News
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Rapid Response Action Call: Protect Public Safety and USW Jobs in Massachusetts: Tell Your State Representative to Oppose on H.3517!
Click here to download this Action Call as a PDF. Massachusetts lawmakers are considering H.3517, a bill that would weaken important gas safety inspections by ending the requirement that gas meters be... —
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Rapid Response Action Call: ACT NOW: Stand with USW’s Atomic Energy Workers!
Click here to download a PDF of this Action Call. The Waste Isolation Pilot Program (WIPP) in New Mexico is a critical part of national infrastructure. WIPP safely manages nuclear waste from clean-up... —
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USW 3M Council Focuses on Organizing and Workplace Safety
Members of the USW 3M Council met in Minneapolis on April 28-29 to address shifting trends in the chemical sector, organizing efforts, health and safety standards, and bargaining strategies. USW Inter... —
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Atomic Energy Workers Council Lobbies Congress for Funding, Health and Safety Protections
Members of the Atomic Energy Workers Council (AEWC) lobbied more than a dozen members of Congress about proposed changes to worker health and safety regulations and federal funding shortages at the Co... —
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Workers March in Mexico 20 Years After Disaster
USW members joined thousands of other labor activists in Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico, to mark the 20th anniversary of the deaths of two striking members of Los Mineros, the Mexican mine and metal workers... —
