- February 03, 2012 USW President Pushes for Support Against China Cheating United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard spoke last night with Ed Schultz about China’s illegal trading practices and how the Steelworkers are going to push for Congressional support to help President Obama save 1.6 million American jobs.
- January 31, 2012 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.
- January 30, 2012 USW Lauds U.S. Victory in Challenge to China’s Raw Materials Export Restraints The decision announced today by the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a huge victory for American workers. In clear and unequivocal language, the WTO stated that China’s decision to limit the export of key raw materials violated the commitments China made when it joined the WTO.
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- July 01, 2010 Present Free Trade Agreements The United States has free trade agreements in force with 17 countries. It also has signed free trade agreements with Colombia, Korea, and Panama, but Congress must enact legislation to approve and implement each individual agreement in order for them to go into effect.
- April 29, 2010 USW Updates and Background on 421 China Tire Case You can find background and other information about the USW's major trade case against the flood of imported consumer tires from China here.
- October 07, 2009 From Paper to Pipe and More, USW Leading Unfair Trade Fight The USW is on the front lines against unfair trade that is costing working families their jobs. Click here for more information.
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- June 29, 2010 Does manufacturing matter to Americans? This article was posted on the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Website on June 29, 2010. A recent poll of 1,000 likely American voters conducted by the Mellman Group and Ayres McHenry Associates for the Alliance for American Manufacturing, revealed that Americans are anxious about the economy, specifically the loss of manufacturing,
- May 30, 2010 The Manufacturing Sector as Sacrificial Lamb Posted May 30, 2010, in From the News by Gilbert B. Kaplan Former Deputy Assistant and Acting Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Department of Commerce
- March 31, 2010 Treasury Secretary visits USW headquarters, members with manufacturing matters message U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner visited USW headquarters and an Allegheny Technologies' plant in Washington, Pa., on Wednesday and sent the message that manufacturing matters to the overall economy. Click here for a story and photos.
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- July 08, 2010 Trade Laws Need to be Enforced Protect the Most Vulnerable Transnational corporations roam the world to find the cheapest and most vulnerable workers. The people who stitch together our jeans and assemble our CD-players are mostly young women in Central America, Mexico, Bangladesh, China and other poor nations, many working 12 to 14-hour days for pennies an hour.
- July 08, 2010 Fighting Toxic Trade In the spring of 2007, over 60 million cans and pouches of pet food imported from China were found to be tainted with a chemical called Melamine. When ingested melamine causes kidney failure in dogs and cats. By the time all of the contaminated pet food was taken off the market ... more
- July 22, 2008 USW Supports 'Trade Enforcement Act of 2008' The United Steelworkers (USW) is supporting a new trade bill, “The Trade Enforcement Act of 2008” (H.R. 6530), introduced last week by House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-NY, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander Levin, D-MI.
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