- July 09, 2009 Steelworkers Opposes Senate Attempt to Repeal “Black Liquor” Bio-fuel Tax Credit The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that it has filed comments strongly opposing a Senate Finance Committee staff draft of legislation that if enacted would specifically target the pulp and paper industry for repeal of a vital tax credit.
- July 09, 2009 | AFL-CIO Trumka annouces ticket for AFL-CIO leadership, says challenges mean opportunity for labor AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka today announced his ticket to lead the labor organization. Click here for more.
- July 09, 2009 USW Opposes Senate Attempt to Repeal “Black Liquor” Bio-fuel Tax Credit The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that it has filed comments strongly opposing a Senate Finance Committee staff draft of legislation that if enacted would specifically target the pulp and paper industry for repeal of a vital tax credit.
- July 08, 2009 Parliamentary, Union Leaders Visit Mexico To Support Mineworkers Union Trade union and parliamentary leaders from 13 countries are visiting Mexico this week to support the National Union of Mine and Metal Workers, which has been under attack by the Mexican government and the Grupo Mexico mining company.
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July 02, 2009
Women of Steel
No matter which Women of Steel Leadership Course a union sister attends, she knows that she has entered a new era of union activism and her life will never be the same.
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July 01, 2009
Fenton Art Glass
Fenton Art Glass is a family-own glass company that has been making decorative and utilitarian glassware - vases, figurines, baskets and other colorful art glass - since 1905. The factory in West Virginia employs about 120 workers on one shift. At its height, more than 700 worked day and night. From day one, Fenton employees had a union – the American Flint Glass Workers - and now, the United Steelworkers Local 508.
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May 13, 2009
Nashville - Keep It Made In America
On May 13, the “Keep It Made In America” bus tour landed USW Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. About 150 union members, their families and friends gathered inside to hear Mary Alyce Dimoff from the Nashville Office perform, America the Beautiful.
