Scholarship application form
Members of SENA 9158 are not eligible to win Scholarships You can fill in the form online. After completing please print the form and return it to your steward or any officer before the set deadline.
Read moreNo Cuts to Our Retirement Security
Last year, we asked members and retirees to rate how important different issues were through a survey. Thousands of you took the time to answer the questions and provide additional feedback. Your top issue was retirement security, and that includes Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. As the ...
Read moreHealth Care Fitness Reimbursement Forms
Heath Care fitness Reimbursement ends March 31, 2023
Read moreThe Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) passed 30 years ago
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) passed 30 years ago and guaranteed 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year to working families. Led by the National Partnership for Women & Families, the labor movement fought in coalition with women’s, disability, children’s, religious and senior citizens’ ...
Read moreIt’s time to negotiate our contract!
It’s time to negotiate our contract! Our union contract is the most important document in our working lives. It establishes our wages, and many of our benefits and working conditions. (Note: our health insurance is negotiated separately through the Public Employee Committee and our dental/vision ...
Read moreCity of Boston Health Insurance Covered Members COVID Rapid Testing
On Monday, January 10, the federal government issued guidance thatinsurance carriers and plan sponsors (such as the City of Boston) will berequired to cover the cost of up to 8 at-home/over-the-counter rapidtest kits for COVID-19 each month, in response to the widespreadimpact of the Omicron ...
Read moreYour Hard Work Paid Off!
Your Hard Work Paid Off! Trade Adjustment Assistance is extended and the National Labor Relations Board will receive additional funding. Late last week, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, of 2023, a spending bill that funds our government for the next year. Because of your voices and ...
Read more2023 Sick Bank Donation
The 2023 Sick Bank Donation program is now open. The 2023 enrollment period will begin today, January 3 and run through January 31, 2023. WHAT IS THE SICK BANK DONATION PROGRAM? The Extended Sick Leave Bank provides extended sick leave to participating employees that have ...
Read moreCongress Needs to Act!
Last week, we told you about two critical steelworker priorities before Congress as the 117th session comes to a close. Reauthorization of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and adequate funding of the NLRB are essential to ensuring USW members get the help they need when they are abandoned by the greedy ...
Read moreSteelworker Activism Pays Off!
In early 2020, hundreds of District 4 activists gathered in Albany, New York, for the District’s first Rapid Response conference. They learned about the Rapid Response program and lobbied state legislators on legislation and issues affecting steelworkers. One issue they focused on was honoring those ...
Read moreWe urge you to address the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).
Update 11/11/2022 WEP/GPO CALL TO ACTION Call and email the members of the Ways and Means Committee Honorable Ways and Means Committee member, We urge you to address the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These penalties have taken ...
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