Louisiana Steelworkers Refuse Ormet’s “Final” Offer
Local 14465 Negotiators Say “Bargain at Burnside” as Contract Expiration Nears For Immediate Release September 21, 2005 Baton Rouge, LA, — The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that negotiators for its Local 14465 rejected what Ormet has called its “last, best and final” offer with six days remaining until their current labor agreement with the company ...... more

Steelworkers to Protest Rep. John Tanner’s Vote for CAFTA
- Media Advisory - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2005 When: 1:00 PM, Friday, September 2, 2005 Where: Congressman John Tanner’s office, Federal Building, 109 South Highland Avenue, Jackson Tenn., 38301 What: The United Steelworkers (USW) union is holding rallies to protest members of Congress, like Rep. Tanner, who voted for passage of the CAFTA ...... more

32nd Constitutional Convention Update
The groundbreaking 32nd Constitutional Convention is underway and District 9 News is your source for the latest information. Check back daily for convention updates. District 9 - Convention Day 1 District 9 - Convention Day 2 District 9 - Convention Day 3 These documents are Acrobat Reader PDFs.If you do not have Acrobat Reader CLICK HERE for a ...... more

Kilpatrick Winner of District -Wide Drawing
Ernest Kilpatrick, President of Local 200 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama was the winner of a matched set of shotguns benefiting the District 9 Education Fund. Drawing was held December 15th at District ...... more

Steelworkers Ratify First Contract at Goodyear Mold Facility in Statesville, North Carolina
Bucking National Outsourcing Trend, Workers Win Employment Security and New Workplace Rights (Pittsburgh, PA) -- The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that members at Statesville, NC plant location have overwhelmingly ratified a three-year contract with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. It is the first contract at the plant where the workers ...... more

Candlelight Vigil for Local 1055L
A candlelight vigil was held on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at Bridgestone-Firestone's main plant gate in LaVergne, Tenn. Members of the community joined Steelworkers Local 1055L to pray for their union leaders as they try to resolve a year-and-a-half contract dispute with Bridgestone-Firestone. Photo by Shawn GilchristStory by Lynne Baker ...... more

400 Armstrong World Workers in Macon Vote to Merge With United Steelworkers of America
93 Percent of Participating Members in Favor of Move to Join Their Directly Affiliated Local Union With the USW In a resounding show of strength and solidarity, more than 400 workers at Armstrong World Industries in Macon, Ga. have overwhelmingly voted to merge their Directly Affiliated Local Union (DALU) with the United Steelworkers (USW). The vote ...... more

United Steelworker Press Conference Opens in Nashville
The United Steelworker Press Association (USPA) opened their 20th Biennial conference on Saturday, August 28 in Nashville, TN. The conference hosted over 90 editors, webmasters and communicators from across the United States and Canada. Southern hospitality was at it’s best as District 9 hosted a welcoming get-together for the arriving delegates. Pictured ...... more

In Mourning
Casket symbolizes loss of 8 million jobs With few Americans taking a stand on the outsourcingn jobs, and even less doing anything about it, Jim Rose decided it was time he got the issue some much-deserved attention. "The outsourcingn jobs is not the 3 million you hear about, going back to 1985 it is 8 million," Rose said. "I was so mad about this I ...... more

Standing Up For Jobs and Healthcare
True to their name, 27 Tennessee volunteers traveled from Northeastern Tennessee to Charleston, West Virginia on June 26th to join with fellow "Steelworkers" and other AFL-CIO union members to kick off a rally to educate voters in working family neighborhoods on the job and healthcare positions of the presidential candidates. District 9 Staff Coordinator, ...... more

Rexam Workers Win Improvements
A new three-year agreement providing for wage increases, pension improvements and maintaining health care benefits was ratified by local union presidents on Feb. 24, 2004, covering more than 900 workers at eight Rexam plants in the United States. "The company was after our health care package," said Connie Entrekin, District 9 Director and chairman ...... more