united steelworkers
local 12-591
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- Dept. of Labor & Industries
- Workplace Safety Complaint
- USW Grievance Form
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Latest News
Help Keep Our Refineries Running
There are now four East Coast refineries and one Caribbean refinery slated to close or currently closed. This undermines our National Security and is further decimating living wage jobs/communities/families. For more info, see...
USW International Cover Letter
Hospital Employees Working To Unionize
Enough may be enough. SVH/SRC employees are currently moving to organize. Find out more here...
Welcome to USW Local 12-591
Continuing our work to protect and grow the middle class, we encourage everyone to explore our site, learn what you can, and decide whether organizing your workforce would be right for you
Negotiations Updates
Tesoro Hawaii & TesoroNW Bargaining
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TesoroNW Calls Special Informational Meetings/Vote
As bargaining drags on, TesoroNW is calling a special meetings to share information and vote.
See meeting flyer here...
Tesoro Members Speak Out At The Tesoro Shareholders Meeting
Tesoro Union members showed up at the Tesoro Shareholders meeting on May 3rd to ask Greg Goff to bargain fairly with USW. Our own Steve Garey had plenty to say. See the press release here...
Shell Unit Ratifies Contract
We conducted our vote and the
contract offer was ratified.
The Workers' committee will now
begin updating the contract with
the changes, correcting
grammar/spelling errors, and
printing. As soon as we have a
final, it will be posted here.
Once printed, copies will be
distributed to the membership.
Congratulations Are In Order
With our 2012 Scholarship Awards completed, we are pleased to announce
that Elena Oelfke, of Mount Vernon, is our top scholarship winner.
Elena's essay earned a $4500.00 scholarship.
Additionally, we awarded four more scholarships as well as forty-six
grants.
See the winning essay and the additional scholarship winners here...
WSLC Releases Its 2012 Voting Record
It's that time of the year. The WSLC has released the 2012 Legislative voting record. See how our elected representatives voted where labor was affected here...
Monthly Meetings
Monthly meetings are your way to stay informed and have a say in the direction of your union. Click here to see when your meeting is scheduled.
See the Shell Unit May meeting notice here...
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