Local 897

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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.

GO XYLEM STEELWORKERS!!!!!

District 4 News

Local 897

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.

What is a Union?

A union is a group of people working together to advance their interests in the workplace through collective action and collective bargaining.

Bargaining Basics

Information on what it means to collectively bargain and how your involvement can help win fair contracts.

The Union Difference

Unions allow us to speak with one voice to address the things most important to us on the job and build power for working people.

Know Your Rights

Most private sector employees have the right to organize under the National Labor Relations Act.

USW National News

Rapid Response Info Alert: Balancing the Scales: Collective Bargaining

Click here to download this Info Alert as a PDF. USW Locals should have begun receiving petition materials as part of an effort to defend the right to collective bargaining and demand that elected off... — Oct 16
More Than 8,600 Inland Empire Kaiser Permanente Workers Strike for Patient Care, Fair Wages

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tues., Oct. 14, 2025Contact: Chelsey Engel, cengel@usw.org, 412-212-8173 (Fontana, Calif.) – More than 8,600 Kaiser Permanente health care workers across the Inland Empire have... — Oct 14
USW Welcomes New Members in the Chemical Sector

The USW strengthened its presence in the chemical sector last week, welcoming more than two hundred new members at two companies—Dow in California and Kraton in Ohio. At Kraton’s Belpre, Ohio, facilit... — Oct 8
SOAR Remembrance of USW President Leo W. Gerard

Julie SteinSOAR Director It is with great sadness, but also great honor, to reflect upon the recent passing of my good friend and our union’s longest serving International President, Leo W. Gerard. Le... — Oct 6
From the SOAR President – Building a Stronger SOAR: A Best Practices Toolkit for Chapters

Bill PientaSOAR President At this year’s SOAR conference, delegates expressed ongoing concerns about declining membership and low participation rates in their chapters. In response, the Board is worki... — Oct 2

Get Involved!

As USW members, advocacy is at the heart of everything we do. We push for pro-worker policies, and we give back to our communities. We keep each other safe, and we lift up each other’s voices. So whether you’re a seasoned veteran or an emerging activist, there’s a place for you to get more involved.

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