USW Cares: Steelworkers from Local 7139-5 Give Back to Their Community

Members of United Steelworker Local 7139-5 have been locked out from ATI’s Allegheny Ludlum plant in Canonsburg, PA since mid-August. A group of men from this local recently finished donating their time and services to help the community by replacing the roof and rewiring a concession stand /storage area that had been damaged by a small fire and water for the Canonsburg Youth Baseball Association.

The Steelworkers, who all worked out of the electric shop in Washington, felt it was an opportunity to give back something after all the support the locked out workers, from both Washington and sister plant in nearby Houston Pa, have received from the community businesses.

Communities are not only built of lumber, brick and asphalt but are woven into a fabric thanks to selfless contributions of people like John Stanish, Ron the Wildman, B.J. Thomas Sam Aquilino, Marc Scott, Kevin Brownlee and Jay Barbarossa who care.

This project is just one of so many USW’s amazing members do every day to give back to our communities. If you or your local are doing good things in your community, we want to hear about them. Click Here to share video and photos with us and don’t forget to use the #USWCares hashtag when you post your stories on social media. If you or your local is doing this kind of work, please submit a nomination for a Jefferson Awards at usw.org/uswcares. Don’t forget to shout out @Steelworkers!