Reply #8: The USWA has an associate memebrship as well. [View All]

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http://www.steelworkers-usw.org/usw/program/content/1261.php

Associate Membership
A new union.
For anyone.
Anytime.


In response to current economic conditions and the plight of working families in the United States, the United Steelworkers (USW) recently voted to create a new category of membership that welcomes people like you to join our international labor union as an Associate Member.

A real advantage that union members have always enjoyed is a package of comprehensive benefits for themselves and their families.

Now you 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!

If you are a student or currently unemployed, an Associate Membership costs just $20 a year. If you’re working, you can make a single annual membership payment of just $40 – or choose to pay in quarterly installments of $12 each.

Can we count on you to join today?

Join the Associate Member Program Online