United Steelworkers (USW) District 12 includes the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
The contract covers roughly 580 USW-represented workers who are in 22 job classifications ranging from carpenters, mechanics, and electricians to operators, custodians, tool crib attendants and radiation control technicians.
Valencia Davis from Local 7600 has worked in health care for 38 years and has experienced workplace violence more than once. This is why she is fighting for the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.
Members of Local 7600 joined USW Local 12-5 for a rally on May 4 in Beverly Hills as they entered their sixth week of a strike.
Local 12-9477 is pushing for greater safety protections after two health and safety incidents in recent months at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, located east of Carlsbad, N.M.
District 12 Director
Gaylan Z. Prescott