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- July 03, 2008 | from USW Los Mineros President Grateful for USW Solidarity Condemning his persecution and the persecution of his members,Napoleon Urrutia Gomez, president of the Los Mineros, the Mexican steel and mineworkers union, expressed his deepest gratitude to the United Steelworkers for our union’s solidarity in demanding his return to his legitimate role as the elected president of his union.
- July 03, 2008 | from Economic Policy Institute Weekly Pay Checks Take Hit as Job Market Deteriorates The U.S. job market continues to weaken, as payroll contracted for the sixth straight month and unemployment remained at 5.5%, according to today’s jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Weekly paychecks for most workers over the past year are up only 2.8%, well below the growth of inflation.
- July 02, 2008 | from USW USW, Unite form world's first global union The United Steelworkers (USW), North America's largest private sector union, and Unite the Union, the largest labor organization in the United Kingdom and Ireland, today signed an agreement clearing the way for the creation of Workers Uniting, the world's first global union. Check out the video news release:
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- July 02, 2008 Steelworkers Expand International Executive Board; First Woman Newest Member Las Vegas - In a constitutional convention filled with historic firsts, the United Steelworkers union today expanded its International Executive Board (IEB) to include its first woman member.
- July 02, 2008 Workers Uniting Aims to Challenge Growing Exploitation by Global Capital The United Steelworkers (USW), North America's largest private sector union, and Unite the Union, the largest labor organization in the United Kingdom and Ireland, today signed an agreement clearing the way for the creation of Workers Uniting, the world's first global union.
- June 30, 2008 Vegas Cab Drivers to Mobilize Sidewalk Rally of 2,000 Steelworkers On Tuesday, Jul. 1 at 8:00 am, PT, more than 2,000 Steelworkers Union members are going to rally with ‘Fair Contract’ information signs on the sidewalks of South Las Vegas Blvd., outside of the Bally’s and Paris Hotels, joined by a fleet of union drivers who will be working the area in their cabs. Despite negotiations with the cab company owners, the drivers have been working without a new labor contract since December. Issues include livable wages, long hours, and targeted terminations of union drivers.
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- June 30, 2008 Leo W. Gerard "Seize The Moment - This Is Our Time!" Keynote Address Good morning, sisters and brothers. You know me. I’m Leo Gerard – a few pounds lighter but happier than ever to be here. As a matter of fact, I’m happy and lucky to be anywhere these days. And I know you. You’re the leaders of the greatest union in the world – the United Steelworkers!
- July 01, 2008 AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka's Remarks to USW Convention, July 1, 2008 Well, brothers and sisters, every time I’m with the Steelworkers --whether it’s on the picket line, at a local meeting or at a great convention like this -- I know I’m in the presence of that same kind of power.
- June 16, 2008 Leo Gerard 'Absolutely Indispensable' to Labor-Environmental Alliance Leo the Linchpin by Jim Grossfeld Steelworker President Leo Gerard looks like an old-time union leader, but he’s put together a labor-environmentalist alliance that bridges some growing Democratic fissures.
- Steelworkers "Begin Again" for a Better America with Barack Obama
- Workers Uniting Means Global Solidarity
- Steelworkers Vote to Build Formidable Strike and Defense Fund
- Battling the New Age Robber Barons
- Obama Offers New Deal for American Manufacturing
- The Two Faces of McCain
- McCain has it wrong: We should rewrite NAFTA
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