St. Mary Technical Workers Vote for USW Representation

Technical workers at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California have voted to join the USW. The results for two units of service, however, remain in question. The non-professional units voted 177-165 against joining the union with 5 votes contested and 11 votes for joining the Service Employees International Union. Because of the contested ... more

I'm a professional. What can a union do for me?

By joining with your colleagues in a union at your work place you benefit in many ways. On the job, your union brings together the collective strength of you and your coworkers to insure meaningful negotiations with management for an equitable contract. Besides wages and salaries, areas that can be negotiated include: staffing and overtime, safety and ... more

Pharmacists and Pharmacist Technicians: Facts & Figures

Pharmacy is one of the fastest growing fields in health care today with above average wages and benefits. Many pharmacists and pharmacist technicians are USW members. Pharmacists and Pharmacist Technicians: Facts & Figures covers some of the issues facing the field of pharmacy today. It looks at current numbers and trends; wages; employment; the role ... more

`Broken Promises' Lead Workers to USW

West Virginia Chemical Workers Need Steelworkers Contract to Protect Their Benefits Tired of seeing their benefits whittled away, 126 production and maintenance workers at Chemtura Corp. in Morgantown, W.Va., won a recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election for Steelworkers representation. Workers became disgruntled when Chemtura announced ... more