Shipbuilders Rock the Boat!
We are the best shipbuilders in the world. We build nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers for the United States Navy in Newport News, Virginia. We represent 9,700 Steelworkers who are proud to celebrate Local 8888’s 40-year legacy of solidarity, struggle and success. We believe in fairness and fight for social justice.
Our motto is: Local 8888 Shipbuilders Rock the Boat!
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USW National News
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It’s Better in a Union
USW Hosts AFL-CIO Bus Tour Promoting Unions, Fighting Trump USW members helped the AFL-CIO kick off a pro-union bus tour in July with rallies in Pittsburgh and Newport News, Va., denouncing the Trump... —
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Job-Killing Cuts – Trump Administration Claws Back Funding, Stunting Growth
USW members at the Libbey Glass plant in Toledo, Ohio, celebrated last year when President Joe Biden’s administration awarded the company up to $45.1 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to... —
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‘Women of Steel Make Us Stronger’
20 Years Have Passed Since Members Approved WOS Constitutional Amendment Bonnie Carey has been a Woman of Steel since 1978, when she went to work at the massive aluminum mill in Davenport, Iowa. In a... —
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Safety Agencies in Danger
Scheme to Gut Federal Watchdogs Puts Workers at Risk When an explosion at the BP-Husky refinery in Oregon, Ohio, took the lives of Max and Ben Morrissey – siblings by blood and USW membership – in Sep... —
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‘We Created a Family’ – After Historic Wins, Blue Bird Workers Look to Future
Three years ago, Ciera McClinton and many of her co-workers at Blue Bird Corp. were struggling at times to make ends meet and facing issues of favoritism, forced overtime and other unfair conditions o... —
