News Articles
- January 31, 2012 | USW Action Alert for USW Members in the Northeast Sunoco and ConocoPhillips have arbitrarily decided to shut down three strategic oil refineries on the East Coast, all three in or near Philadelphia, Pa. All three of these refineries are USW workplaces, and if the companies follow through on their threat, 1,300 of our members will lose their jobs.
- November 07, 2011 | USW Gerard leads USW push against Issue 2 in Ohio USW International President Leo W. Gerard appeared with Harold Schaitberger, President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, and Rep. Tim Ryan for a NO on Issue 2 rally in Warren, Ohio. Check out the video here.
- October 31, 2011 | United Steelworkers USW Demands Fair Wages at Freeport-McMoRan in Indonesia Steelworkers demanding fair wages for thousands of workers on strike at a Freeport-McMoRan mine in Indonesia held a demonstration at the company’s headquarters in Phoenix.
- October 15, 2011 | United Steelworkers New Video: USW Joins Occupy Pittsburgh USW International President, Leo W. Gerard, joined thousands of Pittsburghers in Day 1 of the Occupy Pittsburgh movement.
- September 30, 2011 Are You Tired of Trade Polices That Give Away American Jobs? With the signing of each new trade agreement, the United States has seen its manufacturing sector decline, its service sector jobs outsourced and a growing trade deficit that leaves our country more in debt to the rest of the world.
- September 30, 2011 | USW USW Urges Senate to Curb Deliberate Currency Manipulations by China and Others In a letter sent today to members of the U.S. Senate, United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard called for immediate passage of the bipartisan Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011.
- September 27, 2011 | USW USW Lauds Proposal to Create Jobs by Investing in America Congressman Mike Doyle announced today at USW headquarters plans for the American Energy, Infrastructure and Manufacturing Jobs Act that would create thousands of new jobs. Click here for more.
- July 06, 2011 USW Strongly Welcomes WTO Decision The United Steelworkers (USW) lauded today’s decision at the World Trade Organization that found that China illegally constrained the export of raw materials, thereby advantaging Chinese producers and increasing costs for U.S. manufacturers.
- June 07, 2011 | USW USW Applauds Obama Administration Success Ending China Subsidies In Wind Energy Sector Following Section 301 Petition Leo W. Gerard, the International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement by Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative on the outcome of consultations with China on wind energy subsidies following a union filed Section 301 petition last September on clean tech energy issues.
- May 31, 2011 Steelworker Activism Helps to Save Northampton County’s Gracedale Nursing Home The nurses at Northampton County’s Gracedale Nursing Home in Pennsylvania are proud members of United Steelworkers Local 2599. The nurses – along with the leadership and Rapid Response Team from the local – are providing a great example of activism that rises to meet the challenges of today’s work environment.
