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USW National News
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Neumann Becomes New SOAR President
Ken Neumann, who served for 18 years as the USW’s national director for Canada before his retirement in 2022, became the fifth international president of the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retire... —
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USW Local 689 Leverages the Power of Community to Reindustrialize Former Ports Site
USW Local 689 has had a longstanding inside joke that their zealous political activism, community involvement, and service would all converge on one critical goal: taking over the world. Their m... —
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USW Making Rail Operations Safer to Prevent Future Tragedies
USW members launched an effort in 2024 to make in-plant and in-mill railroad operations safer and to prevent future tragedies with this small job classification. At least 89 Steelworkers have lost the... —
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BC Miners Push to Improve Workplace Safety and Health
More than 1,200 members of Local 7619 at the Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine in British Columbia are working toward improved health and safety for all the miners in the province in the wake of a rep... —
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USW Members Fight Attacks on Silica Rule
USW miners achieved a major breakthrough two years ago when, after years of advocacy, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) adopted a rule with real teeth to protect them from cancer-c... —
