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USW Local 310L Des Moines, IA

We represent the hard-working employees of the Bridgestone-Firestone Agricultural Tire Plant in Des Moines, IA.

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Free Labor Education

Take advantage of the free, online educational opportunities offered by USW. We'll update this page as we become aware of labor education classes bein...

Wilbur Wilson

The United Voice August 2025

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UI Proof With New Unemployment Website

For SUB payment for the week out in May, proof of receipt of unemployment must be provided to payroll by Tuesday, June 17, at 8:00 AM...

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80 Years of Solidarity

80 Years of Solidarity ...

USW National News

  • Rapid Response Info Alert: Indiana Redistricting Session Threatens Fair Elections

    Click here to download this Info Alert as a PDF. Indiana faces a critical moment as Governor Mike Braun considers calling a special legislative session to consider redrawing voting districts before th... —

  • It’s Better in a Union

    USW Hosts AFL-CIO Bus Tour Promoting Unions, Fighting Trump USW members helped the AFL-CIO kick off a pro-union bus tour in July with rallies in Pittsburgh and Newport News, Va., denouncing the Trump... —

  • Job-Killing Cuts – Trump Administration Claws Back Funding, Stunting Growth

    USW members at the Libbey Glass plant in Toledo, Ohio, celebrated last year when President Joe Biden’s administration awarded the company up to $45.1 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to... —

  • ‘Women of Steel Make Us Stronger’

    20 Years Have Passed Since Members Approved WOS Constitutional Amendment Bonnie Carey has been a Woman of Steel since 1978, when she went to work at the massive aluminum mill in Davenport, Iowa. In a... —

  • Safety Agencies in Danger

    Scheme to Gut Federal Watchdogs Puts Workers at Risk When an explosion at the BP-Husky refinery in Oregon, Ohio, took the lives of Max and Ben Morrissey – siblings by blood and USW membership – in Sep... —

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