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Confidential Workplace Rights Counseling
Got a problem at work? Is it costing you time, money and headaches?
Ask us for help.
We believe your workplace rights should be protected and you should be able to keep what you’ve earned.The Steelworkers stand behind their Associate Members with 24-hour access to an online workplace rights resource center, confidential workplace counseling with trained professionals, and access to a lawyer locator service with discounted legal rates.
Workplace Rights Resource Center
To help our members quickly, simply, and confidentially research their legal rights at work, the Steelworkers and Workplace Fairness have launched an online Workplace Rights Resource Center.
The online Workplace Rights Resource Center presents in-depth legal information, in a FAQ (frequently asked questions) format, for workers seeking to learn more about legal rights in the workplace. Site visitors can explore categories such as termination, discrimination, and leaves of absence to learn more about what legal protections may or may not apply, especially in non-unionized workplace settings. Specific information is provided for each state about filing deadlines and government agencies that may be able to provide assistance. It gives you the information and tools to resolve workplace problems on your own, decide when legal action may be appropriate, and learn where to turn for help, including contacting USW staff.
Confidential Workplace Rights Counseling
Associate Members can call toll-free at 1-866-USW-YES to talk privately with trained USW professionals about problems at work such as:
Filing for unemployment or benefit denials
Dislocated worker benefits and other retraining opportunities
Trade Adjustment Assistance if your job was lost to trade
Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) eligibility and enforcement
Workers' Compensation
Unpaid Work
Minimum Wage Violations
Overtime Compensation
Unjust Terminations
Race and Sex Discriminations
Sexual harassment
Veterans/Military/National Guard rights and benefits
Medicare/Medicaid
Low income health care plans
COBRA health care rights when you lose or leave your job
Americans with Disability Act protections
Discounted Legal Assistance
As an Associate Member you have access to the AFL-CIO’s Union Plus Find A Lawyer and discounts on legal services.
Online Job Skills Development
Technology keeps advancing, are you keeping up?
All members of the Steelworkers Associate Member Program can benefit from the union’s national relationship with the Institute for Career Development. This makes educational opportunities for you and your family as close as your computer. Over 1,600 convenient, easy-to-use courses are just a click away that help can help:
Your Career-Take courses on business skills, resume writing, interviewing and other skills to help you get ahead.
Your Family-Including courses on retirement and estate planning, SAT preparation, and money management skills.
Yourself-Learn or update your IT and computer skills, including A+ certification, web development, Microsoft Office programs, programming languages and much more!
Steelworkers Associate Members get one week free.
For $20 per month, or $200 a year, you will have unlimited access to all of the courses in one library. The TelSim fees are in addition to your Associate Member dues.
Online Math instruction
Associate Members may also choose to study math online with ALEKS/NetTutor provided by Workforce Distance Learning Services. The ALEKS/NetTutor Workforce Edition is a new and unique online math tutorial especially customized for adult workers. ALEKS provides web-based individualized assessment, exercises, explanations and feedback for a variety of courses in Mathematics and Business. NetTutor enhances the ALEKS experience by providing integrated access to live, whiteboard-enabled one-on-one tutoring via the Internet.
The fee of $98 provides access to ALEKS/NetTutor for 16 weeks. To try an assessment and class or to find additional information visit www.wdls.net/aleksnettutor.html . The ALEKS/NetTutor fees are separate from your Associate Member dues.
Basic Skills Brush-up
If you are looking for a quick, fun refresher of some basic skills, Associate Members can take advantage of free courses on ICD’s website. Designed to help Steelworkers prepare for other training, these courses provide simple, fun practice in the areas of math and business including reading, writing, and problem solving skills.To take advantage of these courses, go to www.icd-uswasteelco.org and click on the “Programs and Courses” link.
Distance Learning Degrees
The United Steelworkers (USW) Associate Members have access to some of the eduational programs negotiated for the Steelworkers by the Institute for Career Development (ICD), the union's educational program.
Associate Members are eligible to participate in the USW-ICD Distance Learning Program. The program, administered by Empire State College of the State University of New York, features online and distance learning courses that can be taken alone, or as part of a program geared toward a multitude of associate and bachelor's degrees. High interest degree concentrations at the college are business management, computer information systems, and labor management. For more information on tuition, financial aid, application or registration, visit the Empire State College ICD Center, phone (800) 847-3000 ext. 492 or e-mail partnerhips@esc.edu. Tuition for Empire State College classes is separate from Associate Membership dues.
Other Benefit Resources for workers
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UNION PLUS BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR WORKERS
In response to current economic conditions and the plight of working families in the United States, Labor Union Resources recently sought out benefit programs that would help WORKERS Nationwide. One such program we found was the UNION PLUS BENEFITS PROGRAM.
Union Plus is brought to you by Union Privilege,established by the
AFL-CIO to provide consumer benefits to members and retirees of participating AFL-CIO labor unions.
Because Labor Union Resources is not a labor organization we have made special arrangements for our members to participate in the UNION PLUS BENEFITS PROGRAM through the United Steelworkers of America's Associate Member program.
A real advantage that union members have always enjoyed is a package of comprehensive benefits for themselves and their families.
Now Labor Union Resource Members can join the Steelworkers as an Associate Member and get access to union-only benefits like confidential workplace assistance, health care savings, job training and educational opportunities, and other features designed to safeguard workers’ rights and protect you families’ economic future. You’ll also be eligible for discounts on travel, entertainment, rental cars, computers, wireless service and much more
You’ll join over 500,000 other Steelworkers in fighting to advance the well-being of ordinary citizens across the country. You’ll become a part of a powerful force that will give students, working people and the middle-class the clout to go head-to-head with the corporate special interests that now dominate our country.
You’ll help build a dynamic new movement to organize statewide and national campaigns to end the senseless exportingn jobs, form "blue-green" (labor and environmental) alliances, guarantee healthcare, press for fair treatment of working families everywhere and a whole lot more.
The USW has been at the forefront of the fight against the abuses of corporate power that have robbed working people of their retirement savings and outsourced American jobs. We have a long and proud tradition of allying with progressive forces for economic and social justice around the world.
This category of membership represents a new direction in the labor movement. For the better part of a century, American trade union membership has been limited to workers in designated collective bargaining units. Now, the Steelworkers are opening our ranks to anyone who shares our commitment to the welfare’s working people.
Many of these union benefits can be yours even if you don’t work in a union shop – and even if you currently don’t have a job! Below are some of the benefits they have to offer.* Pre-paid legal benefits reqiure monthly fee and is provided by a third party not associated with Union Plus Benefit Package.
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