27-697: [REDACTED] Look up twu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. TWU may refer to: Telecommunications Workers Union , Canada Texas Wesleyan University , Fort Worth, US Texas Woman's University , Denton, US Tin Wu stop , Hong Kong - MTR station code TWU Transport Workers Union of America Transport Workers' Union of Australia TransWorld University , Yunlin, Taiwan Trinity Western University , Langley, British Columbia, Canada Tawau Airport , Sabah, Malaysia – IATA code TWU Topics referred to by
54-529: Is a local of the United Steel Workers of America an 860,000 member union. The union's labour dispute with Canadian telecommunications firm Telus began after their previous contract negotiated with Telus' predecessor BCTel before the two merged expired at the end of 2000. On April 12, 2005, Telus made its last offer to the TWU, and on July 12, Telus informed the TWU of its intention to bring an end to
81-551: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Telecommunications Workers Union The Telecommunications Workers Union ( TWU ) was a trade union in Canada for people working for telephone and cable companies. Although the TWU had members from Shaw Cable in the Vancouver area of British Columbia , Canada , the majority of TWU members were employees of Telus . It
108-867: The Caribbean island of Aruba , affiliated with the United Steelworkers, becoming the first USW union local outside of the US (including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands ) and Canada. In April 2007, the USW also merged with the Independent Steelworkers Union, adding 1,150 members at Arcelor-Mittal's Weirton, West Virginia steel mill. In addition to mergers, the USW has also formed strategic alliances with several other unions as well as other groups. In April 2005,
135-637: The New Democratic Party and continues to be an affiliated union. The USW has contributed to various charitable and philanthropic causes since its creation. The USW has enthusiastically supported The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP), a nonprofit organization that works with brain-injured children. The USW has hosted the IAHP's founder, Glenn Doman, at their annual convention. The USW has also held fundraising events for
162-463: The proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japanese steel company Nippon Steel . USW International President David McCall stated in March 2024 that “Allowing one of our nation’s largest steel manufacturers to be purchased by a foreign-owned corporation leaves us vulnerable when it comes to meeting both our defense and critical infrastructure needs.” The United Steelworkers was a founding partner of
189-747: The "finishing touches" on the merger, that the merger had been endorsed by Unite officials, and that the USW would discuss the plan at its forthcoming convention in July. Once completed, the new merged entity would represent more than 3 million workers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean. The unions have further announced that the new entity would target further mergers with labor groups in Australia and in
216-554: The USW and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) announced that they had formed a strategic alliance to take on the globalization of the culture industry and to address a range of common issues. In July 2006, the USW announced a similar arrangement with the United Transportation Union (UTU), to address common issues in the transportation industry, including the globalization of
243-656: The USW announced a merger with the 57,000 member Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada (IWA Canada), a major Canadian forestry workers union. In 2005 it then announced an even larger merger with the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE). The resulting new union adopted its current name after the PACE merger. In September 2006, the Independent Oil Workers Union of Aruba, which represents refinery workers on
270-659: The USW include: The 46,000 members of the Aluminum Workers of America voted to merge with the budding steelworker union that was the USW in June 1944. Eventually, eight more unions joined the USW as well: the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (1967); the United Stone and Allied Product Workers of America (1971); International Union of District 50, Allied and Technical Workers of
297-874: The United States and Canada (1972); the Upholsterers International Union of North America (1985); the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America (URW) (1995); the Aluminum, Brick and Glass Workers Union (ABG) (1996); the Canadian Division of the Transportation Communications International Union (1999); and the American Flint Glass Workers' Union (AFGWU) (2003). In June 2004,
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#1732772343551324-634: The United States and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) in Canada as well as several international union federations. On July 2, 2008, the United Steelworkers signed an agreement to merge with the United Kingdom and Ireland–based union Unite to form a new global union entity called Workers Uniting . As of 2023, the International President of the United Steelworkers is David McCall, who was installed as president after
351-461: The United States. The United Steelworkers represent workers in a diverse range of industries , including primary and fabricated metals , paper , chemicals , glass , rubber , heavy-duty conveyor belting , tires , transportation , utilities , container industries, pharmaceuticals , call centers , museums , and health care . The United Steelworkers is currently affiliated with the AFL–CIO in
378-771: The United Steelworkers. The USW was established May 22, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio, through the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee , after almost six years of divisive struggles to create a new union of steelworkers. The drive to create this union included such violent incidents as
405-765: The continent, like US Steel's Gary Works in Gary, Indiana, Cleveland-Cliffs's Burns Harbor in Burns Harbor, Indiana, Indiana Harbor East and West in Northwest Indiana, and Cleveland Plant in Cleveland, Ohio, all of which are situated on the Great Lakes freshwater system. On the other hand, some steel companies, usually at facilities known as "mini-mills", like Nucor Steel and its facility in Crawfordsville, Indiana, are non-union shops not represented by
432-568: The contract was ratified with 64.1% support, ending the dispute. In a referendum vote counted November 7, 2014, the members of the Telecommunications Workers Union voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW). The merger agreement took formal effect on January 1, 2015. About 42% of the total membership of 12,500 voted. The result of those who voted "yes" was 73.8%, which amounted to approximately 30% of
459-583: The death of Tom Conway . Rank-and-file members, as well as representatives, of the United Steelworkers refer to themselves, and are most often referred to, as Steelworkers. The use of the capitalized single word Steelworker or Steelworkers , as opposed to the lowercase two-worded steel worker or steel workers , is also an identifier of those who are part of, or affiliated with, the United Steelworkers International Union rather than being general non-union workers within
486-490: The dispute by unilaterally implementing its April offer to employees in Alberta and British Columbia , effective on July 22. The TWU was locked out on July 21. A tentative agreement was reached on October 10, 2005. On October 30, 2005, union membership voted against ratification, with 50.3% of voting members voting against the contract. A second tentative agreement was reached with a mail-out ballot, and on November 18, 2005,
513-642: The emerging economies of Asia , Latin America and Eastern Europe . On July 2, 2008, USW and Unite leadership formally signed the merger agreement to create the new entity, to be called Workers Uniting. In the 2006 election, the USW led a political mobilization program that eventually grew to include 350 full-time political organizers in 26 states, a majority of whom were rank and file USW members who took time from work to organize their communities and educate fellow union members. The USW turned out some 5,000 USW volunteers on Election Day, including over 1,000 each in
540-462: The entire membership. United Steelworkers The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union , commonly known as the United Steelworkers ( USW ), is a general trade union with members across North America. Headquartered in Pittsburgh , the United Steelworkers represents workers in Canada, the Caribbean , and
567-682: The industry. In July 2007, the USW inked yet another strategic alliance with the Canadian Region of the Communications Workers of America . Beyond its affiliations with other unions, in June 2006, the USW announced the formation of a 'Blue-Green Alliance' with the Sierra Club , with the goal of pursuing a joint public policy agenda. In October 2009, the USW announced a framework for collaboration between US and Canadian Steelworkers with Mondragon Internacional, S.A. ,
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#1732772343551594-468: The infamous Memorial Day , 1937, when Chicago policemen supporting the rival American Federation of Labor (AFL) fired on workers outside a Republic Steel mill and killed 10 men. The founder and first president of the USW, Philip Murray , led the union through its first organizing drives and its first decade, when the workers of USW went on strike several times to win the right to bargain collectively with steel companies. Significant job actions of
621-586: The key states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Exit polls suggested union families made up 23 percent of the total vote and supported Democratic candidates by a substantial 32 percent margin, 65 percent to 33 percent. Based on these numbers, the United Steelworkers, in conjunction with the rest of the labor movement, took substantial credit for the eventual Democratic victory. The USW endorsed Barack Obama 's presidential campaign and re-election, Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaign, and Joe Biden 's presidential campaign. In 2023 and 2024, USW expressed opposition to
648-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title TWU . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWU&oldid=1240746823 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
675-478: The steel industry. This distinction is important in North America wherein a vast majority of the steel industry is unionized. For example, some of the most recognizable and largest companies in the business such as United States Steel (USS) and Cleveland-Cliffs, with their combined hourly workforces at facilities in North America being Steelworkers and represented by the USW, including the largest facilities on
702-500: The world's largest federation of worker cooperatives . In April 2007, Amicus , then the United Kingdom's second-largest trade union, began discussions with the USW about a possible merger. Amicus subsequently merged with the British Transport and General Workers Union to form the new union Unite. Unite and the USW continued the merger talks initiated by Amicus. In May 2008, the unions announced that they were putting
729-581: Was founded on September 1, 1944 and existed until December 31, 2014. In November 2014 the members voted to join the United Steel workers of America (the second vote in a year to be held as the first vote failed). Per the merger agreement the independent status of the Union which had represented Telecommunications Workers in Canada for over 70 years came to an end. The new local is known as "Telecommunications Workers Union, United Steelworkers Local 1944" and
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