Unions Are America’s Future. The Numbers Say So | Opinion
OPINION 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 ...
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Take Action: Tell Robert Wood Johnson President That Nurses Deserve a Fair Contract and a Safe Workplace
More 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 ...
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Change of Venue Vote
To 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.
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USW and Bath Iron Works Reach Tentative Agreement, Raising Wages, Likely Averting Strike
Machinists (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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New Benefit for City of Boston Employees
Saving Lives by teaching people how to detect cancer early.Scan the QR Code to get started or visit their Website by clicking the link below to register for their free online Training. Link: Workplace.detectogether.org/Register
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More than 1,700 Nurses on Strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
More 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 ...
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OPINION: How federal law can protect all workers on sweltering summer days
July 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. ...
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Protecting American Jobs:Securing the U.S. Shipbuilding Industry
Since 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 ...
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OPINION: How Americans, by voting, created a wave of pro-worker laws
Dave 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.
Read moreYou Did Great Work, Steelworkers!
You Did Great Work, Steelworkers!Last week, after months of preparation, around 700 USW members traveled to our nation’s capital in Washington, D.C. to attend the 2023 Rapid Response, Legislative, and Policy Conference. Members heard from a variety of speakers and Steelworker activists from across the ...
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