United Steelworkers (USW) District 11 includes the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
While the end-of-summer heat pressed on throughout the Midwest, two more groups of Steelworkers turned up the dial on their activism by completing the Women’s Leadership Course this past August.
A new generation of leaders have stepped in to take the helm. Among them, the largest group of women to ever hold leaderships positions in the union at once.
More than 1,600 activists from USW and Communications Workers of America (CWA) locals, along with managers at USW- and CWA-represented companies, are in Pittsburgh this week aiming to make their workplaces safer and healthier.
Women of Steel from District 11 spent some time at the Minnesota State Fair by collecting signatures from attendees in support of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.
District 11 Director
Emil Ramirez