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Members of the USW 3M Council, who met in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Oct. 8-9, continued strategizing around 3M’s announcement last January that it would freeze U.S. pension plans for nonunion employees at the end of 2028.
After months of organizing and a grueling campaign with an employer that forced workers into two union elections, Pediatric Specialty Care workers in Danville, Pa. voted to join the USW in August.
As president of Local 1327, Jennifer Beard she got her first opportunity to join her USW siblings from across the industry at the union’s paper bargaining policy conference.
Before Christopher Burks and his 325 co-workers at Kumho Tire in Macon, Ga., ratified their first contract in August 2023, they had little recourse to address their concerns about health and safety on the job.
At the Atomic Energy Workers Council biannual meeting, representatives from the United Steelworkers (USW) addressed pressing challenges facing atomic workers, including retention, health and safety concerns, and the upcoming presidential election.