The following is a statement by USW International President Leo W. Gerard on the passing of Paul J. Fasser, Former Assistant Labor Secretary:

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union and working men and women across the country lost an important friend and advocate for fairness in the workplace with the passing of former Assistant Secretary of Labor Paul J. Fasser, Jr., who spent 20 years working on behalf of USW members between 1951 and 1970, before retiring as the director of the union's arbitration department and accepting a position at the U.S. Department of Labor ... more