USW Pres. Gerard to Testify Before U.S. Senate Finance Committee

Media Advisory

Hearing Title:     Trade Enforcement Challenges & Opportunities: Using Trade Rules to Level the Playing Field for U.S Companies & Workers

Date:                     Wednesday; June 25, 2014

Time:                     2:00 pm (EDT)

Place:                    Dirksen Senate Office Building; Room 215

Contacts:   Gary Hubbard, (202) 778-4384, (202)-256-8125, ghubbard@usw.org

Washington, D.C.  – Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) is to appear before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee this Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2014 at 2:00 pm (EDT) in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The hearing title is: ‘Trade Enforcement Challenges and Opportunities – Using Trade Rules to Level the Playing Field for U.S. Companies and Workers.’ The committee chair is Sen. Ron Wyden (D-WA) and the ranking member is Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT).

The witness panel will include: Mario Longhi, President and Chief Executive Officer of United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, PA;  Kevin Brosch, the National Chicken Council; Richard Wilkins, the American Soybean Association, Greenwood, DE; and Bart Peterson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN.

Gerard’s testimony will be posted by the Finance Committee at: http://www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/; and by the USW at: http://www.usw.org/.

The USW is the largest private-sector union in North America, representing 850,000 workers employed in metals, mining, rubber, paper and forestry, oil refining and renewable energy products, chemicals, transportation, health care, security, and municipal governments.

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