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Oil Workers Set Ambitious Agenda Members Agree on Bargaining Goals for 2026 Contract Talks The USW’s master contract with the oil and petrochemical industry doesn’t expire until January 2026, but members are already working together to prepare for the upcoming negotiations. About 275 members at the National Oil Bargaining Program (NOBP) Conference last fall in Pittsburgh selected the union’s policy […] The post Oil Workers Set Ambitious Agenda appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 20
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Rapid Response Info Alert: Honoring Our Texas Veterans Click here to download a PDF of this Info Alert. Texas is home to over 1.5 million veterans, with more than 1.2 million having served during wartime. Many of these brave individuals have transitioned into the civilian workforce, including those who are proud members of our union. As a state and a nation, we honor […] The post Rapid Response Info Alert: Honoring Our Texas Veterans appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 18
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40 Years of SOAR USW Retiree Organization Has Evolved Into a Legion of Activists On March 28, 1980, Frank Lumpkin showed up at Wisconsin Steel Works on the south side of Chicago, where he’d worked for 30 years, to find that the gates were locked with no explanation. They never reopened. What followed was a years-long fight for the […] The post 40 Years of SOAR appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 17
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Saving Maxo Vanka USW members help restore historic murals in Pittsburgh Maxo Vanka, born Maximilian Vanka in 1889, immigrated to America from Croatia in the early 20th century due to the growing fascist threat to his Jewish family. During Vanka’s first visit to Pittsburgh in 1935, he fell in love with the steel town and made a fortuitous […] The post Saving Maxo Vanka appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 13
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Rapid Response Action Call: Steelworkers – We Need You in the Fight! Click here to download a printable PDF of this Action Call. Minnesota anti-worker lawmakers are at it again. This time, they want to EXCLUDE UNION MEMBERS from the Paid Leave program we fought tooth and nail to win. We secured Paid Family & Medical Leave in 2023 to ensure every Minnesotan can take time to […] The post Rapid Response Action Call: Steelworkers – We Need You in the Fight! appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 12