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• Steelworkers Construct Centrifugal Compressors and Steam Turbines at Elliott
  In the small town of Jeannette in Western Pennsylvania, 400 skilled Steelworkers fabricate, assemble, test and repair centrifugal compressors and steam turbines for Elliott Group. Really, what they make is energy. The turbines and compressors that members of United Steelworkers Local 1145 construct are essential building blocks of the energy industry and are used in [...]
• USW Confronts Tesoro at Shareholder Meeting
  By Ryan Heustis USW Unit Chair, Tesoro Refinery, Los Angeles On May 3, two-dozen workers from my refinery and their families traveled from Los Angeles, Calif., to San Antonio, Texas, to attend the shareholder meeting of our company, Tesoro.  In San Antonio we were joined by USW members from the Tesoro refineries in Martinez, Calif.; [...]
• Bobcat: Iconic Loader Vehicles Made by USW Members
  Everyone wants a Bobcat. Not the animal, but the compact loader, the vehicle that eases strenuous tasks such as moving snow, building walls, clearing land, even getting those raised garden beds built. For its compact tractors, utility vehicles, skid steer loaders, compact track loaders, mini track loaders, compact excavators, toolcats and telehandlers, Bobcat makes 80 [...]
• Sylvania SuperSaver Halogen Light bulbs
  Sylvania SuperSaver halogen light bulbs, which look like traditional incandescent bulbs instead of the odd curlicues associated with energy-efficient lighting, are made in Pennsylvania by members of the United Steelworkers union. The manufacturer, Osram Sylvania, defied the industry trend of closing U.S. incandescent bulb factories and moving overseas to produce curlicue compact fluorescent light bulbs [...]