Today USW Local 1-500 represents over 1300 members in 33 workplaces
.
Originally chartered as
International Woodworkers of America
IWA LOCAL 486 (1954) and later IWA Local 500 (1960)
IWA Canada Local 500 merged with
United Steelworkers of America
on September Ist 2004
to create
USWA LOCAL 1-500
That name was changed to:
UNITED STEELWORKERS
USW LOCAL 1-500
" United , Steel , Paper , Forestry , Rubber, Manufacturing , Energy , Allied Industrial
and Service Workers International Union"
Originally chartered as
International Woodworkers of America
IWA LOCAL 486 (1954) and later IWA Local 500 (1960)
IWA Canada Local 500 merged with
United Steelworkers of America
on September Ist 2004
to create
USWA LOCAL 1-500
That name was changed to:
UNITED STEELWORKERS
USW LOCAL 1-500
" United , Steel , Paper , Forestry , Rubber, Manufacturing , Energy , Allied Industrial
and Service Workers International Union"