Hear how the partnership between the United Football Players’ Association and the United Steelworkers union helped spring league players gain power and get on more equal footing with their employer. As UFPA Vice President Nick Temple says here, “you feel like someone is always going to have your back.” Featuring Kenneth Farrow, UFPA President Nick Temple, UFPA Vice President
See how the USW is partnering with U.K.-based Unite the Union to make a difference right around the world – from supporting rubber workers in Liberia to standing up for trade union rights in Colombia. Together, the unions dare to imagine a world where no worker is exploited or pitted against each other and all workers have a voice.
Tune in to hear about the exciting wins by Starbucks workers in Canada - including the first unionized Starbucks in Canada, in Victoria, British Columbia. Hear more about card check certification, now the law ini British Columbia. This means that if 55 per cent of workers sign a union card, workers win their union! Featuring USW National Director for Canada Marty Warren; Sarah Broad, USW Local 2009 unit chair; Kolton Martin, USW Local 2009 member; Izzy Adachi, Workers Solidarity Network; Harry Bains, B.C. Minister of Labour and Steelworker and Steelworker Starbucks workers!
Watch the inspiring story of how workers at Kumho Tire in Macon, Georgia worked with USW organizers to win their union. Hear organizers and Kumho Tire workers on the steps they took to form a union, beat back employer opposition and stay strong together! As USW staff representative Alex Perkins says, “you can organize any industry in the south, it just depends on your approach!” Featuring: USW International President Tom Conway; Mario Smith, Kumho organizing committee; “Cap” Burks, Kumho organizing committee; Melinda Jones, Kumho – raw materials lab; and Alex Perkins, USW staff representative.
Meet USW member Sean Gardner, USW Local 1976 who works as a prison chaplain in a maximum security prison, just outside of Montreal, Quebec. Sean talks about how having the USW in his corner has helped him on the job, to do the important work of supporting the spiritual needs of prisoners. Watch this heartwarming video about the warm Steelworker welcome Sean and his coworkers experienced.
The official live stream of the USW International Convention, Live from Las Vegas, Nevada!
