- July 30, 2010 USW Lauds Solis and Kirk for Standing Up for Workers’ Rights in Guatemala United Steelworker (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard released this statement today in response to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and U.S. Trade representative calls for formal investigation of worker rights violations in Guatemala.
- July 28, 2010 Federal Judge Makes Correct Call on Arizona Immigration Law Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), released the following statement on today’s injunction to block key provisions of Arizona’s anti-immigration law.
- July 28, 2010 USW Cites Congressional Effort Asking Obama Administration to Address Chinese Subsidies of Paper Industry Threatening US Jobs The United Steelworkers (USW) joins Appleton Coated LLC, NewPage Corporation, and Sappi Fine Paper North America in applauding the efforts of more than 100 Members of Congress who wrote to President Obama today, asking for action on Chinese subsidies to that nation’s paper producers.
- June 16, 2010 Testimony of Leo W. Gerard before the Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives on China’s Trade and Industrial Policies On June 16, 2010, the International President of the United Steelworkers, Leo W. Gerard gave testimony before the Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives on China’s Trade and Industrial Policies
- June 10, 2010 Kim Nibarger Testifies Before US Senate: OSHA’s Ability to Regulate Needs Improvement Kim Nibarger, health and safety specialist for the United Steelworkers (USW), testified today before a Senate subcommittee that the oil industry is failing its workers and the public by failing to embrace process safety. He also emphasized that OSHA’s ability to regulate must be improved.
- May 27, 2010 Employee & Retiree Corporate Bankruptcy Protection Testimony By USW VP Conway Before US House Subcommittee A public hearing on the USW-supported federal legislation, ‘Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2010’ (H.R. 4677) before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law was held May 25, 2010. The following testimony was presented by USW International Vice President Tom Conway.
- July 30, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 30 In this Edition: Paper Workers Organize Grassroots Support for Coated Paper Trade Cases, Expect Greater Competition from Asia on Tissue Paper
- July 22, 2010 Pulp Truth - Issue 29 In this Edition: Study Proves China’s Subsidies to its Paper Industry Give it Unfair Trade Advantage, Threatening US Jobs, USW Coated Paper Trade Case Moves Forward, Paper Workers Fight Back Against Unfair Trade
- June 09, 2010 The Oil Worker, Issue 13 In this Edition: Oil Industry Toll for April—May: 13 fires, 19 deaths & 25 injuries, Remembering Two Union Brothers, Vice President Beevers Visits Kansas, Oil Products Imports Decrease Overall, Increase Along East Coast, Anacortes Remembers Seven who Perished in Tesoro Refinery Fire
