United Steelworkers (USW) District 8 includes the states of Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.
Approximately 250 members of Local 1449 were locked out of their jobs Monday by management at Collins Aerospace after only two weeks of bargaining.
Twenty students are receiving RCT training so they can work at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site or at other Department of Energy facilities across the nation.
In recent weeks, Districts began holding town hall meetings across the country, and we launched another membership survey so we can know where you stand on some of the biggest issues facing working Americans today. Click to read more...
President Joe Biden’s interim Build America, Buy America guidance will ensure that publicly funded infrastructure projects help to rebuild the nation’s manufacturing base, strengthen supply chains and support good-paying jobs for U.S. workers.
District 8 Director
Larry Ray