Workers at Precision Tube Begin Second Month of Strike on Labor Day
Workers at the Precision Tube metals plant will begin their second month on strike on Labor Day, Sept. 7, as they seek to fend off giveback demands by management that would force new workers to accept lower wages and benefits....... more

Coleman Workers Ratify Contract
Coleman Workers Ratify Contract Deal Includes Annual Wage Increases, Restoration of Health Insurance, New Pension Plan and Union Shop For Immediate Release March 18, 2009 Somerset, Pa., -- Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2632 who build Coleman Campers here concluded a hard-fought contract campaign yesterday when they ratified a new labor ...... more

Universal Stainless Steelworkers In Bridgeville Approve New Labor Agreement, Avert Strike
Union workers at Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. (NASDAQ: USAP), in Bridgeville, Pa., today voted by a margin of 89 to 77 to approve a new labor agreement that bargaining committee members say is an improvement on previous offers by the company. The new union contract covers more than 220 employees at the plant who are represented by United Steelworkers ...... more

United Steelworkers Joins PUC Petition Against Equitable Gas Rate Hike
The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that the union has filed a petition to intervene in Equitable Gas Co.’s attempt to raise the price of natural gas for Pennsylvania consumers. The USW filed legal papers with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission this week joining other groups in opposing the rate hike Equitable has proposed. ...... more

225 USW Members Awarded Back Pay, Johnstown America Ordered to Recall Laid Off Workers
The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that Arbitrator Clare McDermott this week awarded about 225 members of USW Local 2635 up to a year’s worth of lost wages and ordered Johnstown America Corp. to recall them to their jobs in accordance with their contract. The company laid off more than half of its hourly workforce in Johnstown between April and August ...... more

USW Hails U.S. Steel’s $1 Billion Investment in the Mon Valley
The United Steelworkers (USW) today welcomed United States Steel Corp.’s announcement of a $1 billion capital investment program at its Clairton Coke Plant near Pittsburgh, which will bolster the long-term viability of its Mon Valley Works operations where some 3,000 USW members are employed.“Our union is pleased by the announced ...... more

USW And Ad Hoc Coalition for Fair Pipe Imports from China
Six U.S. pipe makers and the United Steelworkers (USW) today applauded the U.S. Department of Commerce for its preliminary finding that the Chinese government has been providing improper subsidies on Chinese circular welded steel pipe exports to the U.S. In its preliminary determination, the Commerce Department will impose tariffs on China pipe exports ...... more