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- January 27, 2012 | from Steel Hall Honours Union Boss The Sudbury Star released an article today about the opening of USW Local 6500's new local union hall. It is named after President Leo W. Gerard.
- January 27, 2012 | from USW The Vote is In: Vale World's Worst Corporation The vote is in and the results are no surprise to USW members and their families: Brazilian mining giant Vale has been named the world's worst company, about two years after a brutal strike with our sisters and brothers from Canada.
- January 26, 2012 | from Vale competes for 'Worst Company in World;' Vote now Vale – the world's largest iron-ore mining company and part owner of the Belo Monte Dam – is up to win the Public Eye Award, given annually to the corporation with the most dismal record in the world in terms of social and environmental responsibility.
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- January 25, 2012 USW Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address Leo W. Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today on President Obama’s State of the Union Address: “President Obama has listened to us as American workers and laid out a vision of the America we want and need, one that creates jobs and prosperity for us and not the 1% who have looted the economy.
- January 20, 2012 USW Refinery Workers Hold National Day of Action for Safety Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union who work at oil refineries around the country are planning a National Day of Action for Safe Refineries and Good Jobs on January 21. Members in refinery communities around the country plan to visit gas stations and distribute handbills to drivers on the importance of refinery safety ...
- January 20, 2012 USW Supports President’s Decision to Delay Keystone XL Pipeline United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard expressed support for the Administration’s decision to challenge partisan politics and not bow to Republican pressure to prematurely approve TransCanada’s permit to develop a proposed 1,700-mile pipeline.
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- October 20, 2011 LU VP Peter Trinidad gives Testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission on Plate Steel USW Local 6787 Vice President Pete Trinidad testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington, D.C., urging support for continued duty orders against imports of cut-to-length steel plate (CTLP) from India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and Korea.
- August 17, 2011 AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka - USW Convention Speech AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka gave a rousing speech at the USW Constitutional Convention in Las Vegas on Aug. 17, 2011. Click here to view his prepared remarks.
- August 17, 2011 Canadian Labour Congress Leader Ken Georgetti at 2011 USW Convention Click here for Canadian Labour Congress Leader Ken Georgetti's remarks as prepared for the USW Constitutional Convention, Aug. 17, 2011.
- USW@Work USW@Work is the official membership publication of the United Steelworkers. It is published five times a year – Winter, Spring, Summer, Labor Day and Fall – by the USW’s Communications Department and distributed by mail to the union’s members and retirees in the United States.
- SOAR SOAR in Action is published 5 times a year and mailed to dues paying-members of the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees. The goal is to keep our members informed of the crucial legislative issues concerning retirees as well as providing the latest on Medicare and Social Security. The publication also showcases SOAR activism.
- USPA Scoop USPA Scoop is a quarterly newsletter produced for communicators and members of the United Steelworkers Press Association. Each publication contains articles to assist local union communicators and keep them informed of past or future training events.
- The Oilworker The Oil Worker is published at least once a month and features news about national oil bargaining, oil locals' activities, oil industry news and trends, other international oil unions, health and safety within the refining and pipeline industries, and health care reform. Editor: Lynne Baker, Communications Dept., lbaker@usw.org
- Pulp Truth Pulp Truth is published twice monthly and features news about national paper bargaining; the paper locals; news and trends in the pulp, paper and forestry sectors; other international paper unions, and health and safety within the paper industry. Editor: Lynne Baker, Communications Dept., lbaker@usw.org
- FrontLines FrontLines is a Health, Safety and Envirnoment newsletter published by the United Steelworkers and the Tony Mazzocchi Center.
- Other Publications
- Mitt and the 1%
- China’s ‘Competitive Advantage’: Serfdom
- USW Craftsmen Make Cherished Wendell-August Forge Gifts
- Anti-Union "Right-To-Work" Laws Really A Tax On Unions
- Jon Stewart: The Fear Factory -- "On-Shoring" Chinese Sweatshops
- Obama Didn't Steal "All Of The Above." The Republicans Never Had It.
- President Puts American Manufacturing Front and Center in State of the Union
- A New Vision for America: Restoring a Country That Makes Things
