Rapid Response News
- November 07, 2011 | Rapid Response Update on Key Legislation - November 2011 Find out the status of the American Jobs Act and a bill to deal with China's currency manipulation.
- October 21, 2011 | Rapid Response Congress Passes Trade Deals with Colombia, Korea and Panama Find out how your Members of Congress voted on trade agreements with Colombia, Korea and Panama.
- October 07, 2011 | Rapid Response Fed Up? Hit the Streets and Support an Occupy Wall Street Event Near You! Find out more information on how to support an Occupy event near you.
- October 06, 2011 2012 USW Regional Rapid Response Conferences The first-ever Regional Rapid Response Conferences will take place in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Detroit within the first five months of 2012. This will be an entirely new type of Rapid Response Conference, focused heavily on skill-building workshops, networking and strengthening our ability to impact the legislative process in order to defend and promote our members’ needs.
- June 01, 2011 Rapid Response - A History Worth Fighting For A proud history of a great program.
- May 31, 2011 Steelworker Activism Helps to Save Northampton County’s Gracedale Nursing Home The nurses at Northampton County’s Gracedale Nursing Home in Pennsylvania are proud members of United Steelworkers Local 2599. The nurses – along with the leadership and Rapid Response Team from the local – are providing a great example of activism that rises to meet the challenges of today’s work environment.
- February 14, 2011 | USW USW President Gerard Joins Democratic Leader Pelosi on Jobs Bill Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined House Democrats and USW President Leo W. Gerard to raise their voices yesterday, sending a clear message that the number one national priority is to create jobs.
- October 07, 2010 Foreign Money Influencing U.S. Elections On a recent appearance on MSNBC’s Ed Show, United Steelworkers President Leo W. Gerard discusses how the Chamber of Commerce has received hundreds of thousands of dollars—if not millions—in foreign donations from countries like Bahrain, Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.), India, Russia, China, and elsewhere ... more
- September 29, 2010 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.
- July 20, 2010 | Rapid Response United Steelworkers Send 100,000 Letters Urging Action on Clean Energy Jobs Legislation, Creating and Maintaining Manufacturing Jobs As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up clean energy legislation, members of the United Steelworkers, along with USW International Secretary-Treasurer Stan Johnson and BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster, highlighted the more than 100,000 letters sent from USW members.
