News Articles
- March 16, 2011 | USW Save the Date: April 4, 2011 The USW is calling on all its members, retirees and supporters to show We Are One on April 4, 2011. Click here for more.
- December 10, 2010 | The Leslie Marshall Show Conway: Our Nation Needs a Manufacturing Policy USW International Vice President Tom Conway appeared on the Leslie Marshall Radio Show to talk about he importance of manufacturing to the nation.
- December 07, 2010 | The Ed Show Unemployed Held for Ransom Gerard on Schultz: Stop stealing from the unemployed to pay for tax cuts for the ultra rich.
- December 06, 2010 | The Hill's Blog Briefing Room Labor uses jobless to lean on Congress to extend unemployment benefits The AFL-CIO pressed lawmakers to extend a "lifeline" to unemployed workers by extending benefits for out-of-work Americans.
- November 29, 2010 | USW/The Leslie Marshall Show Health Care and Pay Freeze Leo Gerard and Leslie Marshall discuss the latest in the health care flap involving a conservative Maryland physician elected to Congress and President Obama’s announcement of a pay freeze for federal employees.
- November 22, 2010 | USW/The Leslie Marshall Show Mourning in America: Death of The Middle Class USW International President Leo Gerard appears on the Leslie Marshall Show to talk about his blog entitled "Mourning in America: Death of The Middle Class." Click to listen to the interview.
- October 01, 2010 | USW U.S. Senate Letter to Obama Supports USW 301 Petition on China Today’s release of a U.S. Senate letter signed by 43 Senators in support of the United Steelworkers (USW) Section 301 trade petition against China’s unfair trade practices to dominate green technology goods was praised by USW International President Leo W. Gerard. The USW petition was filed last month and requires a decision of U.S. President Obama by Oct. 24.
- September 29, 2010 | USW U.S. House Vote for China Currency Reform Gets Big USW Nod Today’s U.S. House 348-79 vote approval of the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (H.R. 2378) was given a big nod by Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) with the following statement. He testified Sept. 10 before the Ways and Means Committee and has mobilized workers’ calls on the issue in union halls and Washington forums.
- September 28, 2010 | AFL-CIO Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act In one last slap at working families before adjourning, Senate Republicans again blocked legislation that would help create jobs and push forward toward economic recovery. Policies to create new jobs and keep American jobs from moving overseas ... more
- September 24, 2010 | USW USW Urges House Ways and Means to Vote for Currency Legislation On behalf of the 850,000 members of the United Steelworkers union (the USW), I write in strong support of the Chairman’s amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, H.R. 2378, which is scheduled for consideration before the House Ways & Means Committee on Friday September 24th. We urge an affirmative vote in the Committee without additional amendment and a swift vote on that legislation by the full House before the recess.
