USW Local 8888 Ratifies New Contract With Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard

With Barack Obama We Have A Clear Choice

USW Local 8888 Ratifies New Contract With Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard For Immediate Release October 30, 2008 Newport News, VA – In the wee hours today, members of United Steelworkers Local 8888 ratified a new four-year, four-month agreement with Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipyard. By a margin of 945 to 833, members said “yes” ...more

Gene Magruder serves as political action chair for USW 8888" the largest Steelworker and largest "in place" local in the country. Gene is working hard to get out the union vote in Tidewater because, "I don't see anybody or any group on the horizon besides the labor movement that is really willing to take up the cause for the working ...more

Labor 2008 in District 8

Federal Judge Orders Equitable Resources to Honor Contract with Workers

Billy Thompson, USW District 8 Director discusses the importance of the Labor 2008 program and member to member ...more

A federal judge upheld an arbitrator's award ordering Equitable Resources (NYSE: EQT) to honor its contract with members of the United Steelworkers (USW) yesterday. The decision is the latest chapter in a lengthy legal battle between Equitable Resources and the union. The battle started earlier this year when Equitable Resources merged its subsidiary, Kentucky West Virginia Gas, into two other segments. The company argued that by restructuring ...more