USW District 7: Women of Steel

• Save the Date: September 17-18 for Women of Steel Conference Save the Date: September 17-18 for Women of Steel Conference, Many Unions - One Voice
• Women of Steel Coordinators Women -- especially our "Women of Steel" activists play a major role shaping the future for working women. In this section is a listing of Women of Steel Coordinators in Indiana and Illinois.
• Women's Committee Building Solidarity Action Calendar Create Your Own Women's Committee "Building Solidarity
• District 7 Women of Steel Receive Recognition The Women of Steel in southern Illinois have been very active in recent years in the fight against domestic violence through their financial support of the Phoenix Crisis Center in Granite City. They have raised over $50,000 through their activities.
• Report of the Cananea International Solidarity Trip by Women of Steel On May 27, 2008 fourteen Women of Steel members representing the United Steelworkers gathered in Tucson and caravaned across the Mexican border about three hours into Cananea, Mexico to support striking miners.
• WOS Members Learn How Trade Agreements Negatively Affect Mexican Workers In support of the Women of Steel International Solidarity Initiative, USW union sisters representing 6 Districts across the U.S. and Canada traveled to Tijuana, Mexico in April 2008 to participate in a joint Border Tour effort between the Sierra Club and USW Women of Steel to view first hand how NAFTA and other such trade agreements negatively affect workers and communities.
• Statement of Policy on Sexual Harassment Sexual Harassment is not a joke. It creates feelings of uneasiness, humiliation and discomfort. It is an expression of perceived power and superiority by the harasser over another person. There are two principle fundamental to the trade union movement: human rights and solidarity. Sexual harassment strikes at the heart of both.