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USW National News
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SWOC Turns 90
USW’s Founding Has its Roots in Organizing Drive that Began in 1936 It was 90 years ago – in the sweltering heat of one of the warmest and driest summers in American history – that organizers fanned o... —
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Solidarity in Safety
USW Activists Build Safer, Healthier Workplaces and Communities Norm Rogers and his fellow USW oil workers fought to enshrine strict safety standards for refineries in California law, finally winning... —
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Miners Build Power for the Future at USW Mining Conference
About 200 USW members from the U.S. and Canada honed their skills and pledged their ongoing solidarity last week at the 2026 Mining Conference focused on building power in a turbulent but rapidly expa... —
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Union? Yes!
Workers on Alaska’s North Slope Refuse to Be Left Out in the Cold Bryan Goode has worked on the oil fields of Alaska’s North Slope for 35 years, braving some of the most extreme weather conditions and... —
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Board Rejects Weakened Refinery Safety Rules
USW refinery workers in California won a long-sought victory in September when the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board rejected a proposed settlement that would have weakened wor... —
