The United Industrial Workers (UIW) union represents men and women who are employed in a wide variety of occupations. The UIW is a proud affiliate of the Seafarers International Union.
On September 4-5, the quadrennial UIW convention brought members and officials from all over the nation together at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education in Piney Point, Maryland
The following statement was sourced from a May 8, 2024 OSHA National News Release issued by the U.S. Department of Labor:
The Department of Labor has taken an important step in addressing the dangers of workplace heat and moved closer to publishing a proposed rule to reducing the significant health risks of heat exposure for U.S. workers in outdoor and indoor settings.
The following statement was issued by Heidi Shirholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, on April 23, 2024.
Today, the Federal Trade Commission voted to issue a rule declaring that most noncompete clauses in employment contracts are unfair methods of competition. This is an important step toward fostering fair competition and empowering U.S. workers.
The Union would like to notify former employees of the St. Croix Oil Refinery that March 17, 2023 is the deadline to file a proof of claim in the HONX, Inc bankruptcy case, for exposure to asbestos during your employment.
President Joe Biden presented the nation’s highest civilian honor to the late AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka during a White House ceremony on July 7.
Trumka’s family received the Medal of Freedom, one of 17 awarded during the event.
In June, the US Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and the House Committee on Education and Labor released a new report analyzing the economic benefits of unions for workers and families.
The full extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the nation’s workforce will likely remain unclear because of the lack of a comprehensive national system to gather such information, according to the AFL-CIO’s annual report on the state of safety and health protections for U.S. workers.
The 30th edition of Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect – released May 4 – stated that “employer reporting of COVID-19 cases still is mandatory only in a few states with specific standards or orders.”
President Biden on Nov. 15 enacted a key piece of his domestic spending agenda when he signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law. The legislation, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, will funnel billions of dollars to state and local governments to upgrade outdated roads, bridges, transit systems and more.
A first in union history was recorded Aug. 9 when the 2021 UIW Convention took place virtually. Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, union leadership earlier this year took a cautious approach and scrapped plans for conducting the scheduled in-person quadrennial conference that traditionally spans two days at the union-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education in Piney Point, Maryland. Instead, they opted for an online event in order to maximize safety.
