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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‘We Lean on Each Other’ – USW Emergency Response Team Shows Up When Tragedy Strikes
When an explosion tragically took the lives of Steelworkers Steven Menefee and Timothy Quinn in the late morning of Aug. 11, members of the union’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Health, Safety and... —
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Rapid Response Info Alert: Balancing the Scales: Retirement Security
Click here to download this Info Alert as a PDF. Hard-earned retirement benefits are under attack nationwide, and working families are feeling it. These challenges are not accidental – they are the re... —
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Rapid Response Action Call: Our Fight to Protect Our Voice Isn’t Over!
Click here to download this Action Call as a PDF. Back in late October, we worked hard to stop Governor Mike Braun’s push for unprecedented mid-decade redistricting – and at the time, it looked like t... —
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Paper City: Northern Pa. Paper Mill Has Sustained Generations of Families
Long before workers banded together in 1942 to form the USW, Dan Cherry’s great-great grandfather lost his life due to unsafe working conditions at the Domtar paper mill in Johnsonburg, Pa. Cherry, a... —
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LEO W. GERARD: 1947-2025 – ‘The Work of a Lifetime’
USW Mourns Loss of Former International President Leo W. Gerard grew up in a company town in Sudbury, Ontario, a miner’s son who, as a boy, accompanied his father on union organizing drives. By the ti... —
