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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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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... —
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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... —
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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... —
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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... —
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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... —
