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Rapid Response Info Alert: Honoring Our Winsconsin Veterans Click here to download this Info Alert as a PDF. Wisconsin is home to over 360,000 veterans, with more than 220,000 having served during wartime. Many of these brave individuals have transitioned into the civilian workforce, including those who are proud members of our union. As a state and a nation, we honor their service […] The post Rapid Response Info Alert: Honoring Our Winsconsin Veterans appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 25
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Rapid Response Info Alert: Extension of No Tax on Overtime in Alabama Click here to download a PDF of this Info Alert. Background:In 2023, Alabama became the first state to exempt overtime pay from state income tax, ensuring workers kept more of their hard-earned money. This exemption, which removes the 5 percent state tax on earnings over 40 hours per week, is set to expire in June […] The post Rapid Response Info Alert: Extension of No Tax on Overtime in Alabama appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 24
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Oil Workers Set Ambitious Agenda Members Agree on Bargaining Goals for 2026 Contract Talks The USW’s master contract with the oil and petrochemical industry doesn’t expire until January 2026, but members are already working together to prepare for the upcoming negotiations. About 275 members at the National Oil Bargaining Program (NOBP) Conference last fall in Pittsburgh selected the union’s policy […] The post Oil Workers Set Ambitious Agenda appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 20
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Rapid Response Info Alert: Honoring Our Texas Veterans Click here to download a PDF of this Info Alert. 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 transitioned into the civilian workforce, including those who are proud members of our union. As a state and a nation, we honor […] The post Rapid Response Info Alert: Honoring Our Texas Veterans appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 18
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40 Years of SOAR USW Retiree Organization Has Evolved Into a Legion of Activists On March 28, 1980, Frank Lumpkin showed up at Wisconsin Steel Works on the south side of Chicago, where he’d worked for 30 years, to find that the gates were locked with no explanation. They never reopened. What followed was a years-long fight for the […] The post 40 Years of SOAR appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 17