Steelworkers at Asarco Win Pension Benefits for 19 Former Workers at El Paso Smelter
Steelworkers at Asarco Win Pension Benefits for 19 Former Workers at El Paso Smelter For Immediate Release November 9, 2009 El Paso, Texas – Nineteen members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union who were employed at the Asarco smelter in El Paso will receive full pension benefits as a result of an arbitrator’s decision issued late last ...... more

USW Opposes ASARCO Bankruptcy Recommendation
The United Steelworkers (USW) is disappointed by the report issued on August 31, 2009, by the federal bankruptcy court in Corpus Christi, Texas recommending confirmation of the plan of reorganization proposed by Asarco, Incorporated, the current corporate parent of ASARCO, LLC....... more

Union Reports Lack of Progress in Talks with Grupo Mexico Affiliate
The United Steelworkers (USW) today met with local representatives to report on the lack of progress in labor negotiations between the union and Asarco, Inc., an affiliate of Mexico City based conglomerate Grupo Mexico and corporate parent of ASARCO. The meetings took place in Hayden and Kearny, Arizona with the presidents of the local unions representing over 1,200 employees at ASARCO’s Arizona facilities....... more

United Steelworkers Members Ratify New Contract at Cascade Pacific Pulp LLC in Halsey, Oregon
United Steelworkers Members Ratify New Contract at Cascade Pacific Pulp LLC in Halsey, Oregon Union Restores Main Provisions of Former Pope & Talbot Contract and Gains Important Union Security Provisions For Immediate Release October 20, 2008 Halsey, Oregon—Production and maintenance workers from United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1189 here ...... more

USW Outraged Schwarzenegger Vetoes Limit on 'Likely Carcinogen' in Food Packaging
The United Steelworkers (USW) today condemned Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for his failure to protect California citizens from PFOA, the Teflon chemical often found in food packaging, cookware, carpeting and countless other household and industrial uses. On Tuesday, Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed Senate Bill 1313 sponsored by Senator Ellen Corbett ...... more

USW Says Court Ruling Further Proof of Grupo Mexico's Poor Stewardship of ASARCO
A Federal District Court in Brownsville, Texas has provided further confirmation that Grupo Mexico does not operate in the best interests of ASARCO. In its August 30, 2008 ruling on ASARCO's fraud and conspiracy lawsuit against Americas Mining Corporation ("AMC"), the Grupo Mexico controlled parent company of ASARCO, the Court found that AMC engaged in a fraudulent transfer of the stock of Southern Peru Copper Company from ASARCO to AMC. ...... more

USW, Supporters to Demonstrate at Wayzata Investment Partners Headquarters
Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) and community supporters will march on the headquarters of a Minnesota investment firm that has purchased a paper mill in Oregon and slashed wages and benefits for workers there. In June of this year, Wayzata Investment Partners bought the former Pope & Talbot paper mill in Halsey, Ore., and renamed it Cascade Pacific Pulp ...... more

Union Employees and Retirees of ASARCO Gather to Tell Grupo Mexico They Are Not Welcome at ASARCO
Union Employees and Retirees of ASARCO Gather to Tell Grupo Mexico They Are Not Welcome at ASARCO Media Advisory - July 18, 2008 Arizona -- A demonstration is being held at ASARCO’s operating sites in Arizona. USW members, retirees and their allies, including workers from other unions and elected local officials, are holding informational pickets ...... more

“Toxic Trader” Street Theater Protesting Free Trade Premiers Outside Sen. Smith’s Office
The United Steelworkers will present a primary election day premier of “The Toxic Trader,” a street theater production designed to hold elected officials accountable for facilitating unsafe imports, on Tuesday, May 20 at noon at One World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon St., Portland, outside the office of U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith. The special staging for Sen. Smith will include the added attraction of an oversized ballot box in which Oregonians ...... more

Steelworkers Web Page Provides Further Access to Information about Grupo Mexico
The United Steelworkers (USW) union announced the creation of a web site to disseminate information about the business practices of Grupo Mexico, a Mexican conglomerate that owns numerous businesses in the Western Hemisphere. The web page, which can be found at www.therecordspeaksforitself.com, hosts links to a number of resources that will educate the public about Grupo Mexico’s conduct regarding its workers both at home and abroad, as well as ...... more

USW Releases Report on Grupo Mexico and ASARCO Bankruptcy
The United Steelworkers (USW) union today released a report examining Grupo Mexico's record and based on that record, the potential impact on the long term viability of ASARCO and on US workers, communities and the environment if Grupo Mexico were to regain control of ASARCO when it exits bankruptcy in the coming months. The report, titled “Grupo Mexico and ASARCO: The Record Speaks for Itself,” looks at a number ...... more

Apple Valley SMMC Workers Choose USW
The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that over 450 service workers at St. Mary Medical Center (SMMC) in Apple Valley have voted in a secret ballot election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to join the union, uniting them with about 160 technical workers at the hospital who had already voted to join the USW. “I support our union because we need improved working conditions, better wages and benefits and the protection of a just cause contract ...... more