News Articles
- July 30, 2010 | USW U.S. House to Examine China’s Exchange Rate Policy Ways and Means Chairman Sander M. Levin today announced a full committee hearing to consider whether China’s June announcement to allow exchange rate flexibility has led to material appreciation of the renminbi (RMB). The hearing will take place on Wednesday, September 15, 2010.
- July 30, 2010 | USW 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 | USW STATEMENT: 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 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.
- July 27, 2010 | USW USW Congratulates Rubber Workers at Firestone in Liberia on New Contract The United Steelworkers (USW) today congratulated the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL) on achieving a new collective bargaining agreement at the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia. The agreement contains a landmark provision to change the method of transporting latex to weigh stations.
- July 23, 2010 | USW USW expresses condolences to Horsehead victims, Local sets up memorial fund The Steelworkers family today expressed its deepest condolences to the loved ones of those injured and killed in last night’s explosion at Horeshead Corp.’s zinc processing facility in Pennsylvania. Local 8183 also announced today that it has established a memorial fund to help the victims’ families. Click here for more.
- July 20, 2010 | USW, Blue Green Alliance United Steelworkers Send 100,000 Letters Urging Action on Clean Energy Jobs Legislation, Creating and Maintaining Manufacturing Jobs As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up clean energy legislation, members of the United Steelworkers, along with USW International Secretary-Treasurer Stan Johnson and BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster, today highlighted the more than 100,000 letters sent from USW members urging action on strong clean energy jobs legislation ... more
- July 16, 2010 USW Hails Mexican Superior Court Decision Vindicating Los Mineros Leader Napoleon Gomez Leo W.Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), hails a decision, by the Superior Court of Justice of the Federal District of Mexico, dismissing an arrest warrant issued against Napoleon Gomez Urrutia, Secretary-General of the National Union of Mining, Metallurgical, Steel and Allied Workers of Mexico
- July 09, 2010 | USW Labeling China’s Currency Undervalued Correct; USW Calls for More Action The U.S. Treasury report issued yesterday designating the Chinese currency as undervalued is a small step in the right direction. The undervalued yuan, also called renminbi, artificially depresses the cost of Chinese products and falsely increases the price of American goods. The resulting lopsided trade has closed American factories and cost American jobs.
- July 09, 2010 | USW Metallos Steelworkers Ratify Five-Year Collective Agreement With Vale United Steelworkers (USW) members in Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ont., voted today to end their year-long strike against mining giant Vale, approving a new collective agreement.
