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We are the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union. We’re 850,000 members and retirees strong in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, proudly representing workers across a wide variety of industries including atomic, chemical, energy, glass, health care, higher education, mining and metals, oil, paper, rubber and more.
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USW National News
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Springfield 3M Workers Vote to Join the USW
Nearly 380 workers at 3M’s Springfield, Missouri, facility voted this month to join the USW, marking a major win for the plant’s workforce and a strong addition to the union’s growing chemical sector... —
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USW Members Make Their Voices Heard! House Passes Protect America’s Workforce Act
Since April, USW Members and our labor allies have been calling and emailing their Representatives to demand a vote on H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), which would overturn a pre... —
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California Woman of Steel Helps Young Girls Find Strength
About 75 young girls in Southern California’s North Tamarind Elementary School received lessons in empowerment, positivity and solidarity during a Girls’ Empowerment Day organ... —
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Oil Workers Build Solidarity in Preparation for Bargaining
USW oil workers are determined to build on their strength and solidarity across the union as they prepare to negotiate a new contract this coming winter. The USW’s national pattern agreement with the... —
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‘We Lean on Each Other’ – USW Emergency Response Team Shows Up When Tragedy Strikes
When an explosion tragically took the lives of Steelworkers Steven Menefee and Timothy Quinn in the late morning of Aug. 11, members of the union’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Health, Safety and... —