Tony Mazzocchi Center

 We're the United Steelworkers Tony Mazzocchi Center (USWTMC) for Health, Safety and Environmental Education.

National Emergency Preparedness Month

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have declared September of every year National Emergency Preparedness Month.

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

If you are exposed to hazardous waste on the job, you may be entitled to protection under the EPA's Resource Conversation and Recovery Act.

USW Local Union 9-631 strengthens training, communication through Triangle of Prevention

USW Local Union 9-631 and Valero Memphis Refinerty continue to strengthen their labor-management partnership through TOP.

IP membership participate in effective safety committee workshop

USW Local Unions 462, 1458 and 1978, who represent members at International Paper in Prattville, Ala., participated in an "Effective Health and Safety Committee" workshop.

OSHA HAZWOPER training: You have the right to know

Did you know that you have a right to know what dangerous substances you are working with and what protections are available?

USW Local 234 receives Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Safety

There’s an old saying, “If you’re going through hell, keep going,” that is, forge on until you get to some other place. For too many American workers, hell, is simply injury or even death at the workplace. Union-centered health and safety programs are meant to get us to another place, a safer place, a space where our members can freely work on real solutions to hazards at the workplace. And that’s exactly what United Steelworkers (USW) Local Union 10-234 in Trainer, Pa., has been doing for many years. And now, the local has received solid validation for their hard work.

Recent News

OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program

Did you know that OSHA has a Whistleblower Protection Program that enforces the protection of workers who report health and safety hazards from retaliation?

In-person health and safety training resumes in USW District 4

United Steelworkers (USW) District 4 recently had its first in-person health and safety training since the pandemic contributed to the closing of in-person training sessions.

The training on April 22, 2021, at Republic Steel was attended by 10 members from USW Local Union 2603 in Blasdell, N.Y. The district received positive feedback from the company, who said attendees received excellent information about crane safety.

Triangle of Prevention Conference, 2021

The 2021 USW TOP Conference will take place Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Click here for more information.

Recall: Non-contact voltage testers recalled by Klein Tools due to shock hazard

Click here to view the recall notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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