News Articles
- September 05, 2008 | USW Obama: Loss of 605,000 jobs in August proof we can't afford more of the same McCain "Today’s jobs report is a reminder of what’s at stake in this election – John McCain showed last night that he is intent on continuing the economic policies that just this year have caused the American economy to lose 605,000 jobs," said Sen. Barack Obama. Read more here.
- September 05, 2008 | Indiana AFL-CIO Union Members can Turn Indiana and the Nation Around USW Rapid Response Coordinator for District 7, Brett Voorhies, knows that the stakes couldn't be higher for working Hoosiers this election. With plants closing down all over Indiana, like the recent Master Brand Cabinet Company in Richmond, Hoosiers are constantly reminded of the economic challenges brought about in the past eight years
- September 04, 2008 USW to 'Adopt' 3,000 Striking Workers' Families in Mexico The United Steelworkers (USW) union has launched a campaign in which its local unions in the U.S. and Canada will adopt a striking family at the Cananea copper ore mine, owned by Grupo Mexico, where 3,000 workers have been on strike in Mexico for more than a year.
- September 03, 2008 | USW USW brother dies in Sparrows Point accident A 65-year-old USW member died in an accident at Sparrows Point (Severstal.) Read more here.
- September 03, 2008 | USW Women of Steel to McCain: Palin wrong woman for the job The Women of Steel sent an open letter to John McCain about his selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. Read more here.
- September 02, 2008 | USW Obama's Labor Day message: Time for president who'll stand up for working men, women "I’ve spent my entire career fighting for working men and women. And so has my running mate, Joe Biden, a man whose heart and values are rooted firmly in the middle class." Watch Barack Obama's Labor Day video here.
- August 29, 2008 | USW Obama makes history, fires up working families Barack Obama not only made history last night when he accepted the nomination for president. He inspired working famlies across America. Click here for more, including video and text of his speech.
- August 29, 2008 | USW USW Commemorates 88th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote with Interactive Photo Project The United Steelworkers is commemorating the 88th anniversary of the day the U.S. Constitution was amended to grant women the right to vote with an interactive online photo project that will highlight the activism of the union’s women members. Read more here.
- August 29, 2008 | USW USW: McCain-Palin bad team for working families Read the USW's statement on the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate here.
- August 28, 2008 | USW 2 USW brothers critically injured in plant explosion USW members Gene Gremillion and Robert (Robbie) Patilla of Local 13243 are recovering from serious injuries sustained in an explosion at ChemTrade Logistics in Beaumont, Texas.
