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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... —