USW Criticizes Absence of Elected Officials at Community Forum on Hydrogen Fluoride
USW Criticizes Absence of Elected Officials at Community Forum on Hydrogen Fluoride For Immediate Release November 13, 2009 Corpus Christi—The United Steelworkers Union (USW) is asking why elected officials from Corpus Christi did not appear at a community forum Nov. 11 to discuss the dangers of using hydrogen fluoride (HF) in area refineries ...... more

USW Women of Steel Crusade Against Toxic Trade; Hosts Session to Demonstrate Testing Products for Lead
The United Steelworkers (USW) Women of Steel (WOS) is hosting a lead screening session to educate families about potentially toxic products and the bad trade policies that are allowing them into our homes. The product screenings are part of the USW's international "Protect Our Kids - Stop Toxic Imports" campaign. Members of the community are invited to bring toys and other imported items to the Early Literacy Center ...... more

United Steelworkers Union Oil Workers Overwhelmingly Approve National Oil Bargaining Policy
Oil workers from the United Steelworkers union (USW) overwhelmingly ratified the 2009 National Oil Bargaining policy and gave strike authorization to the union. “This strong ratification of the oil policy and strike ratification shows how united and determined the membership is in getting a fair contract,” International Vice President Gary Beevers said....... more

Texas Supreme Court Decision on Remedy for Injured Contract Workers Rewards Negligent Employers who Maintain Unsafe Workplaces
The Texas Supreme Court’s decision in Entergy v. Summers to limit contract workers to workers’ compensation benefits when they are injured at a plant they are visiting puts the burden of recovery on the workers and protects corporate wrongdoers, says the United Steelworkers union (USW). The union urges a rehearing of the case. “This decision rewards negligent employers who fail to maintain a safe workplace,” said USW ...... more

USW Refinery Survey Shows Causes of BP Explosion Prevalent Throughout Industry
A survey done by the United Steelworkers (USW) union reveals that the conditions that led to the March 2005 explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery are widespread throughout the refining sector and that the industry is failing to learn from such explosions and near-misses. Titled “Beyond Texas City: The State of Process Safety in the Unionized U.S. Oil Refining Industry ...... more

USW Oil Workers Call on Chevron, Total to Withdraw their Investment in Burma
Delegates to the United Steelworkers (USW) national oil bargaining conference unanimously approved a resolution this week calling upon USW employers, Chevron and Total, to pull out of Burma and denounce the military dictatorship. “It is unethical and immoral for Chevron and Total to continue doing business with the brutal military dictatorship ...... more