Delegates Vote to Require Next Gen Committees 

Convention delegates on Tuesday voted to amend the USW International Constitution to ensure each local maintains a Next Generation committee.   

The amendment creates a new Section 16 in Article VII requiring each local union to establish a NextGen group, charged with educating and preparing the union’s future leaders and activists. 

USW members voted at the union’s 2011 convention to formally establish the NextGen program, which continues to inspire hundreds of new leaders each year to drive education, networking, service and mobilization efforts in Steelworker communities across North America.