the Northland's leading healthcare workers union
United Steelworkers Local 9460 represent healthcare workers at over a dozen workplaces, from the Chequamegon Bay to the Iron Range, from Pine City to Ely, and everywhere in between. We came together and organized this union in 2000 so that healthcare workers in our region could have a voice. Since our founding, we have successfully fought for and won higher wages, benefits and working conditions for thousands of workers. And we're just getting started!
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... —
-
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... —
-
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... —
-
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... —
-
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... —