400 Ohioans Losing Health Care Each Day
On October 20, 2009, the Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative held a Health Care Press Conference to discuss the faults in our present health care system and why we need health care reform. Video taken by USPA Communicator Ernie Galgozy from USW Local ...... more

USW fact sheets, background, other info related to tire trade case against China
The United Steelworkers (USW) today announced the filing of a major trade case against the flood of imported consumer tires from China that have led to thousands of job losses and a growing number of plant closings throughout the U. S. Leo W. Gerard, USW international president, declared: “American workers are struggling to make it through the ...... more

Democrats Back Case to Curb Chinese Tires Amid Economic Woes
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Arlen Specter and other Democratic lawmakers backed a petition to limit Chinese tire imports, arguing that the case is a chance for President Barack Obama to chart a new course for U.S. trade policy. At a hearing of the U.S. International Trade Commission today, Specter of Pennsylvania joined Senators Sherrod Brown of Ohio, ...... more

Senator Sherrod Brown Testifies Before ITC on Behalf of Tire Workers From Findlay and Leavittsburg, Ohio
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today testified before the International Trade Commission (ITC) on behalf of workers at Denman Tire Company in Leavittsburg and Cooper Tire in Findlay. Brown petitioned the ITC for relief from excessive imports of passenger car and light truck tires from China that have had an adverse impact ...... more

Enough!
Save the American Middle Class Rally on May 2 in downtown Warren, Ohio to shed light on unemployment in the Warren area and how it has effected members of USW Local ...... more

USW Local 9478 Helps Members with Employment Seminar for Laid-off Workers
USW Local 9478 has been working with representatives from the Carroll County Jobs and Family Services, and the Ohio Dept of Jobs and Family Services to hold an employment seminar for the laid- off workers at FormTech in Minerva, Ohio. The seminar will be held April 1, 2009 from 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm at the Community Building in Minerva. Extra work was ...... more

Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Niles) Discusses the Importance of Supporting the Auto Industry
Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-17) issued a statement on the floor of the House of Representatives today in defense of America’s auto industry. Over the past week, various Republican Senators have begun suggesting that General Motors and other American car manufacturers should be forced into bankruptcy rather than receive any more federal aid. Almost ...... more