Rapid Response News
- May 07, 2013 | Rapid Response The End of the 40-Hour Week? The U.S. House of Representatives is taking up a bill that would replace our guaranteed overtime pay with a new “comp time” system.
- April 03, 2013 Bring Jobs Home is Back! Because of your continued effort to keep holding our lawmakers' feet to the fire, the Bring Jobs Home Act is back! The legislation has been reintroduced in the 113th Congress by Representative Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).
- April 02, 2013 Sequestration . . . What Are Our Priorities? Massive budget cuts known as the sequester are causing a lot of pain for average Americans in ways we can see and ways we often don’t.
- April 02, 2013 The 2013 Rapid Response and Legislative Conference is Fast Approaching! In just two weeks we will be back in our nation’s capital for the 2013 Rapid Response and Legislative Conference, April 16-18, at the Washington Hilton. With a newly-convened Congress and a host of pressing issues, we’re presented with a great opportunity to advance policies that matter to Steelworker families at a very critical time.
- April 02, 2013 The Affordable Care Act . . . Three Years Later Even after 39 unsuccessful attempts to repeal it, the Affordable Care Act is celebrating its third birthday! So just what has the Affordable Care Act done in the last three years? Try some of these fast facts.
- April 02, 2013 Who the Heck is ALEC? As we continue to deal with a barrage of state focused legislative battles, it is imperative that we understand exactly who is behind them. The answer? The American Legislative Exchange Council, or better known as ALEC.
- December 31, 2012 Goodbye 2012 . . . Bring on 2013! As the year comes to a close, we want to acknowledge the work that you do to make sure the voices of working people are part of the debate wherever policy is decided. Once again, nobody does it like our union . . . more
- November 30, 2012 USW Rapid Response & Legislative Conference We are pleased to announce that the 2013 Rapid Response and Legislative Conference will be held during the third week of April in Washington, D.C., at the Hilton Washington. This conference comes at the start of a new Congress, presenting an opportunity for us to advance policies that matter for Steelworkers and our families at a critical time.
- October 04, 2012 | Rapid Response Medicare 101: What's a Voucher? Vouchers have been a hotly contested topic. Learn more about what they are and their implications for fundamentally changing Medicare as we know it.
- October 02, 2012 | Rapid Response Medicare 101: Paying for Medicare Learn about how we finance Medicare, it's cost-effectiveness, and the trust funds.
