- March 14, 2013 USW Marks First Year Anniversary of U.S.-Korea Free Trade Deal Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today in advance of tomorrow’s one-year anniversary of the implementation of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
- February 19, 2013 USW Urges New Approach and Expanded Agenda for U.S.-EU Trade Talks Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today regarding plans announced by the Obama Administration to enter into negotiations to create a U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement.
- February 08, 2013 USW Statement on Record U.S. Trade Deficit with China Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement today on the record high U.S. trade deficit with China.
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- July 01, 2010 Present Free Trade Agreements The United States has free trade agreements in force with 17 countries. It also has signed free trade agreements with Colombia, Korea, and Panama, but Congress must enact legislation to approve and implement each individual agreement in order for them to go into effect.
- April 29, 2010 USW Updates and Background on 421 China Tire Case You can find background and other information about the USW's major trade case against the flood of imported consumer tires from China here.
- October 07, 2009 From Paper to Pipe and More, USW Leading Unfair Trade Fight The USW is on the front lines against unfair trade that is costing working families their jobs. Click here for more information.
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- June 29, 2010 Does manufacturing matter to Americans? This article was posted on the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Website on June 29, 2010. A recent poll of 1,000 likely American voters conducted by the Mellman Group and Ayres McHenry Associates for the Alliance for American Manufacturing, revealed that Americans are anxious about the economy, specifically the loss of manufacturing,
- May 30, 2010 The Manufacturing Sector as Sacrificial Lamb Posted May 30, 2010, in From the News by Gilbert B. Kaplan Former Deputy Assistant and Acting Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Department of Commerce
- March 31, 2010 Treasury Secretary visits USW headquarters, members with manufacturing matters message U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner visited USW headquarters and an Allegheny Technologies' plant in Washington, Pa., on Wednesday and sent the message that manufacturing matters to the overall economy. Click here for a story and photos.
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- July 08, 2010 Trade Laws Need to be Enforced Protect the Most Vulnerable Transnational corporations roam the world to find the cheapest and most vulnerable workers. The people who stitch together our jeans and assemble our CD-players are mostly young women in Central America, Mexico, Bangladesh, China and other poor nations, many working 12 to 14-hour days for pennies an hour.
- July 08, 2010 Fighting Toxic Trade In the spring of 2007, over 60 million cans and pouches of pet food imported from China were found to be tainted with a chemical called Melamine. When ingested melamine causes kidney failure in dogs and cats. By the time all of the contaminated pet food was taken off the market ... more
- July 22, 2008 USW Supports 'Trade Enforcement Act of 2008' The United Steelworkers (USW) is supporting a new trade bill, “The Trade Enforcement Act of 2008” (H.R. 6530), introduced last week by House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-NY, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander Levin, D-MI.
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