
With a union, you'll have a voice to create a better workplace for you and your coworkers.
We are the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union.
We proudly represent 1.2 million members and retirees in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, who work in nearly every industry there is.
We slurry and smelt aluminum. We mine for iron ore and create cement. We make glass and metals of many kinds. We produce paper and paper products. And we craft energy-saving wind turbines that help save our Earth.
We’re nurses and nurses’ aides. We make Harley Davidson motorcycles and Carrier air conditioners. We’re rubber workers who make your tires; metal workers who make the materials that go into buildings, homes, automobiles, planes and roads.
We serve you at banks and teach at universities. You’ll find us in oil refineries and grocery stores. At utility companies and in chemical plants. We work in the public sector and in the forests. We drive taxi cabs and work in airports. We’re security guards and electricians. We’re miners and pharmaceutical workers. We work in all these places and so many more.
We are leaders in our communities, in our work places, in our governments and more. We have a presence in the United Kingdom, Ireland, England, Scotland, Mexico and many other places around the world.
We believe in better. We stand up and fight back for better. We work for working families around the world.
New York City Steelworker talks about the benefits of a union
USW National News
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Leading Forward: A Message from the SOAR President
Although I have only recently stepped into the role of SOAR President, I am excited and eager to share my vision, priorities, and recent activities with you. My top priority is raising awareness that... —
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SOAR Members Are Watching and Speaking Up!
Throughout April and May, current and retired USW members participated in the USW’s 2026 Your Union, Your Voice (YUYV) virtual town halls and gave feedback in their responses to the USW’s online membe... —
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Rapid Response Action Call: Protect Public Safety and USW Jobs in Massachusetts: Tell Your State Senator to Oppose Changes to Gas Meter Replacement Protocol
Click here to download this Action Call as a PDF. The Massachusetts Senate will soon be considering energy legislation which we are concerned may weaken important gas safety inspections by ending the... —
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Action Call: Ensure Workers Can Secure a Fair First Contract!
When workers come together to form a union, they are standing up for better wages, strongerbenefits, safer workplaces, and a voice on the job. But even after workers successfully organize andwin a uni... —
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New Mining Council to Drive Solidarity, Strategy
The USW’s first-ever Mining Council will work to better coordinate bargaining, safety and other priorities for the union’s 20,000 miners in the U.S. and Canada, International Secretary-Treasurer Myles... —