Support the Jones Act!
The Jones Act ensures a strong and vibrant maritime industry, which helps ensure the United States maintains its expertise in shipbuilding and waterborne transportation. Without American maritime, the U.S. would be dependent on foreign-owned and flagged vessels for the transport of waterborne commerce in and around the country.
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Based out of Cleveland, Ohio, United Steelworkers Local 5000 (often just called Local 5') represents over three hundred members who are the unlicensed crew aboard nineteen Great Lakes freighters, employed by Central Marine Logistics, The Interlake Steamship Company, and Key Lakes Inc. (Great Lakes Fleet). We have one land-based unit with twenty members who service the steel industry employed by Sisco.
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Rapid Response News
Rapid Response, our union’s nonpartisan grassroots activist program, provides an opportunity for every USW member to weigh in on legislation concerning labor and work-related issues. By joining together, we encourage government actions that will positively impact our families, contracts and communities. Learn more!
Union Plus Benefits
Did you know your USW membership entitles you to discounts on wireless, car rentals, movie tickets, car insurance and more? Visit the Union Plus website to view current discounts and programs.
Support Enbridge Straits Line 5 Replacement Segment Project
A project critical to protecting the environment and the longterm viability of Enbridge Line 5, a crude oil pipeline that supplies refineries throughout the midwest, is in jeopardy.
The Enbridge Straits Line 5 Replacement Segment Project would allow for the current pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac to be rerouted through a tunnel in the bedrock beneath the Straits, protecting the waterway and the Great Lakes.
USW National News
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Oil Workers Build Solidarity in Preparation for Bargaining
USW oil workers are determined to build on their strength and solidarity across the union as they prepare to negotiate a new contract this coming winter. The USW’s national pattern agreement with the... —
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‘We Lean on Each Other’ – USW Emergency Response Team Shows Up When Tragedy Strikes
When an explosion tragically took the lives of Steelworkers Steven Menefee and Timothy Quinn in the late morning of Aug. 11, members of the union’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Health, Safety and... —
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Rapid Response Info Alert: Balancing the Scales: Retirement Security
Click here to download this Info Alert as a PDF. Hard-earned retirement benefits are under attack nationwide, and working families are feeling it. These challenges are not accidental – they are the re... —
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Rapid Response Action Call: Our Fight to Protect Our Voice Isn’t Over!
Click here to download this Action Call as a PDF. Back in late October, we worked hard to stop Governor Mike Braun’s push for unprecedented mid-decade redistricting – and at the time, it looked like t... —
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Paper City: Northern Pa. Paper Mill Has Sustained Generations of Families
Long before workers banded together in 1942 to form the USW, Dan Cherry’s great-great grandfather lost his life due to unsafe working conditions at the Domtar paper mill in Johnsonburg, Pa. Cherry, a... —
