Who We Are

Major Milestones in USW History

We Are ... Rochelle Holmes, Local 12030 Public Utility Worker Montgomery, Alabama "I love my Union! As a member, I have a voice on my job. I have employee rights, because my employer has to negotiate over the terms and conditions of my employment and safe working conditions. There is a contract between the Union and employer, and the employer must abide ...more

June 17, 1936 - Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) forms. March 7, 1937 - Union signs first contract, with Carnegie-Illinois Steel, for $5 a day wage and benefits. May 1937 - "Little Steel" strike, called to organize workers at Bethlehem, Jones & Laughlin, National and other companies, results in police riots, attacks on workers by company guards and other hardship for steelworkers ...more

Leadership Scholarship Program

One Member, One Vote

The USW has established a Scholarship Program aimed at developing and improving leadership skills among local union activists and officers. By establishing a USW Leadership Scholarship Fund with a substantial initial allocation, our Union is generating sufficient revenues to support the Program without "drawing" from the fund balance itself. ...more

USW democracy begins at home, in more than 1,800 local unions throughout Canada, the United States and the Caribbean. Membership is open to all without discrimination. Steelworkers are men and women of every ethnic background from cities and towns in every region of our countries, workers who join together in local unions to bargain a better deal - ...more