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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Peerless Quality – Illinois Members Take Pride in Producing Gas and Electric Stoves
Mike Keck has worked at the Peerless-Premier Appliance Co. in Belleville, Ill., for 46 years. For all but four of those years, he has also served as the president of Local 182B. Today, Keck has an eye... —
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Rapid Response Action Call: Restore Collective Bargaining Rights for Federal Workers
Click here to download this Action Call as a PDF. Over the past year, thousands of you called and wrote your legislators to stand up for the collective bargaining rights of federal workers. Now, your... —
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Rapid Response Feedback Report: USW Led Critical Victory to Protect LA’s EMS System
Click here to download this Feedback Report as a PDF. On Wednesday, November 12, USW members secured a major victory at the Los Angeles City Council – protecting the city’s Emergency Medical Services... —
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Rapid Response Action Call: Our Steelworkers Don’t Have Time to Wait
Click here to download this Action Call as a PDF. We have been fighting for nearly a year to protect jobs and keep energy costs affordable in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and now time is running out. I... —
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Rapid Response Feedback Report: A Hard-Fought Victory for Michigan Workers
Your persistence, solidarity, and commitment to fairness made this victory possible. Click here to download this Feedback Report as a PDF. After nearly a year of calls, emails, testimony, and persiste... —
