Steelworkers Women of Steel Help to Raise Money and Awareness of Alzheimer's
On Saturday, October 10 in Crapo Park, Burlington, IA, the Women of Steel (WOS) from United Steelworkers (USW) Local 444 team in Keokuk, along with 200 other participants, walked to raise money and awareness of the disease. ...... more

Local 3311's entry in the 2009 Labor Day parade
This is USW Local 3311's entry in the Keokuk, Iowa 2009 Labor Day parade. The theme of the parade this year was "Memories" and the Local membership made good use of the theme as they memorialized a deceased member - Larry Dieterich. Brother Dieterich died on February 2, 2005 as the result of workplace injuries sustained when he was burned ...... 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

USW Members March in the Annual St. Paul Winter Carnival Parade
Despite a temperature of minus 4 degrees and 20 below zero windchill, Staff Rep Gerry Parzino (2nd from right) and retired Staff Rep Charlie Moore (back row, red hat) joined members from USW Local 264 and family members, along with several other St. Paul Regional Labor Federation CLC Unions, to march in the annual St. Paul (MN) Winter Carnival Parade ...... more

Local Union Spotlight: USW 505 (Fairmont, Minnesota)
United Steelworkers Local 505 out of Fairmont, MN have stepped up to the plate this year in Labor 08 activities. They are door knocking the ripe turf of Fairmont, talking to fellow union members who will decide the direction of our country in 2008. Thanks to the leadership of local President Rod Werner, several Women of Steel and other union activists ...... more

Have Coffee With Me
Linda Christian, Lesly Hall and Sherrie Noel, LU 713 members, participated in a "Have Coffee With Me" event at the Local 713 Union hall in Louisiana, MO on Sept. 24th. Assisted by the Pike County Democrat club, ten women wrote cards encouraging women to vote, which were then sent to 200 women in PA and ...... more

Steelworkers in District 11 Participate in Green Jobs Rally
The largest human wind turbine in Minnesota On July 27, a crowd of 400 turned out for a Green Jobs Rally in St. Paul, MN. The Green Jobs task force set up various information booths to attract concerned citizens. USW International Vice President Fred Redmond Author Jim Hightower National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author Jim Hightower ...... more

LU 11-00022 Modified Black Beauty
Marc Miller and Ron Erjavec, members of LU 11-00022, Wausau Paper in Brainerd, MN are proud to display Marc's "Midwest Modified Black Beauty" that he races every weekend at one of two speedways in the Brainerd, MN area. Marc has driven his car in July 4th parades and to local car shows, supporting causes in their community, such as autism. ...... more

Challenging Unfair Trade: Discover the Real Colombia
Gerardo Cajamarca Alarcón, 43, is a native of Sasaima, a village in the coffee producing area of Colombia. He worked in Bogotá as a mechanic and in Facatativa, a small city west of Bogotá, where he became a town councilman with the backing of the Facatativa Popular Movement and the labor union SINALTRAINAL. He now works as an organizer ...... more

Speech by Al Frankin
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USW, Sierra Club Urge Senate Fixes in Climate Security Act
The leaders of the USW and Sierra Club have sent a joint letter under their banner of the Blue Green Alliance to the U.S. Senate, recognizing the Boxer Substitute (S.3036) to the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S.2191) offers improvements, but doesn’t go far enough at addressing the competitiveness provisions in the proposed legislation. ...... more