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United Steel Workers

Union Organizing

Lebanon Veterans Home workers stay union

A year after unionizing, with no first union contract signed, some were ready to dump the union, but the majority voted to stay the course.
Union Organizing

Lebanon veterans home faces decertification campaign

Fifteen months after voting to unionize, a group of 200 workers at the Oregon Veterans Home in Lebanon, Oregon, will vote Aug. 27 on whether to stay union.
Worker safety

The coronavirus pandemic is turning life upside down for working people 

From worried nurses to overwhelmed grocery workers, from layoffs to the stock collapse’s impact on pensions, a look at the epidemic’s impacts on working people and union members.
Our Jobs

Close to 100 layoffs at Owens-Brockway glass

A new factory in Mexico, and a decline in local bottle orders, are factors in idling a furnace.
Union Organizing

At a titanium plant in Albany, managers squelch union drive

At ATI Cast Products, a blitz of anti-union meetings turned a pro-union majority to a minority and resulted in a 285-179 vote against joining the United Steelworkers.

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