Who We Are � Milestones in USW History
1930s
June 17, 1936 - Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) forms.
March 7, 1937 - Union signs first contract, with Carnegie-Illinois Steel, for $5 a day wage and benefits.
May 1937 - "Little Steel" strike, called to organize workers at Bethlehem, Jones & Laughlin, National and other companies, results in police riots, attacks on workers by company guards and other hardship for steelworkers, yet ultimately leads to successful organization of these companies and confirms validity of the National Labor Relations Act.
