Progress on Public Sector OSHA One of MassCOSH’s historic victories is about to hit an exciting benchmark. In 2019, after over a decade of advocacy, MassCOSH and our allies secured the expansion of OSHA protections to approximately 430,000 Massachusetts State and Municipal workers when the ...
Read moreYour Activism is Working! Massachusetts Steelworkers your activism is Working! Last week, we sent an Action Call asking you to contact your state legislators and advise them banning gas connections is a bad decision. While we agree that we need to address climate change, banning gas hook-ups ...
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Rapid Response information is shared through email. We also text action requests and information. To sign up for emails, visit the Rapid Response website at www.uswrr.org. To sign up for texting, text uswrapid to the number 69866. We don’t text often – only when it ...
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SENA would like to thank the City for this opportunity. We hope it will be a success and that it carries forward after the initial pilot. Attached it the MOA. This is not the policy just the MOA. The city will inform any member who is eligible ...
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Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 10:12 AM Fall 2021The work we do in Rapid Response is always centered around our core values. When we talk about investing in our nation’s infrastructure, it’s both an economic issue that impacts our workplaces and a job security issue ...
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Wage theft is a major problem in Massachusetts, resulting in nearly $1 billion being stolen from workers annually through non-payment of wages; payments below the minimum or promised wage; non-payment of overtime; and misclassification of employees as independent contractors. This is money stolen from families, communities, and ...
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f you choose to receive coverage under another medical plan outside of the City of Boston’s group coverage, you may waive the City of Boston plan and receive an annual Opt-Out payment through your paycheck. The Annual Enrollment period for the Opt-Out Program will remain open until Friday, ...
Read moreRecently, we sent an InfoAlert (usw.to/43L) to tell you about our concerns regarding efforts in Massachusetts to ban the use of natural gas in new and renovated buildings. We are proud of the work our USW gas workers do every day to keep Massachusetts residents ...
Read moreLast week, we told you about two bills, a Senate passed bill, S. 1260, the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), and its counterpart in the House, H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act. In the coming weeks, these two bills will be combined into one in what is ...
Read moreSteelworker priorities are moving in the Senate. We know that when we continue to push for legislation that supports our core issues, it may take some time, but that engagement works in the long run. We saw that first hand with the Butch Lewis Act ...
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We recently received a request for aid from the Trade Union of the Metalworkers and Miners of Ukraine, a fellow affiliate of the global union federation, IndustriALL.These union members make steel, just like we do, at ArcelorMittal’s Kryvyi Rih facility.Many of them have elected to stay and ...
Read more2022 ANNUAL ENROLLMENTMONDAY, MAY 2 – FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022Dear City of Boston Employee, Annual enrollment for the City of Boston’s health insurance benefits will take place from May 2nd – May 20th, for coverage effective July 1st, 2022. During this enrollment period, you have the ...
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