Contact: R.J. Hufnagel, 412-562-2450, rhufnagel@usw.org The United Steelworkers (USW) union released the following statement today from USW International President Tom Conway following the introduction of the “No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act” in the U.S. House. The U.S. Senate also is considering a version of the ...
Read moreContact: Jess Kamm Broomell, jkamm@usw.org, 412-562-2444 (Edison, N.J.) – United Steelworkers Local 4-200 announced today that they voted to reject a proposed three-year contract with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick. “Short staffing remains our number one priority, and our members clearly don’t believe this contract went far ...
Read moreOPINION LIZ SHULER , PRESIDENT OF THE AFL-CIOON 9/1/23 AT 7:21 AM EDT00:37 Biden Breaks Silence On Writer’s Strike: They Deserve A ‘Fair Deal’ Share Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on FlipboardShare via EmailComments OPINIONLABORUNIONSWRITERSSTRIKE Afew weeks ago, I stood on the streets ...
Read moreMore than 1,700 nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 4-200, are currently engaging in an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike. They demand a fair contract that includes appropriate and safe staffing ratios. The ...
Read moreTo All Members If you wish to change the venue for the meeting to the Carpenter Center We will be voting on this issue at the September 12th, 2023 Membership meeting The Meeting starts at 6:PM. Please come and cast your vote.
Read moreMachinists (IAM) Local S6 and Bath Iron Works in Maine have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. Local S6 represents approximately 4,250 of the shipyard’s 6,500 workers. The three-year contract includes pay raises, an increase in employer contributions to pension plans and higher health ...
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Read moreMore than 1,700 nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, went on strike Friday morning. The nurses, members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 4-200, are seeking improved pay, better staffing, and a cap on medical insurance costs and copays. The nurses ...
Read moreJuly 31, 2023 By TOM CONWAYPresidentUnited Steelworkers The heat index soared to 111 degrees in Houston, Texas, but the real-feel temperature climbed even higher than that inside the heavy personal protective equipment (PPE) that John Hayes and his colleagues at Ecoservices wear on the job. ...
Read moreSince being extended Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) in 2000, the policies of Chinese Communist Party have devastated our economy through their illegal trade practices. This has had a ripple effect which has led to the loss of tens of thousands of U.S. manufacturing facilities and ...
Read moreDave Smith launched a union drive many years ago that generated enthusiastic support among his coworkers, but the effort died after management hired union-busting consultants and went on the attack. Bosses at the Minnesota electric cooperative forced his colleagues into “captive audience” meetings, where they lied about unions, threatened the workers and sowed so much fear that the group ultimately voted down a chance at a better life.
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