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.
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 insurance premiums. During the last … Read more
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
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 say that recruiting and retaining … Read more
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. Sweat poured from the workers … Read more
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 millions of jobs. In recent years, … Read more
You 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 country on issues about trade, … Read more
Medicaid
Created in 1965, Medicaid is a public insurance program that provides health coverage to low-income families and individuals, including children, parents, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities. It is funded jointly by the federal government and the states, and each state operates its own Medicaid program within federal guidelines. … Read more
The “Freedom” Foundation admits they’re putting public workers at risk
Please watch attached videos The extremist “Freedom” Foundation has spent the last five years trying and failing to destroy unions. They have badgered state governments for the personal information of public workers like nurses, teachers, and firefighters, including their home addresses and dates of birth. They have no requirement to … Read more