Steelworkers
International solidarity ends in win for New York paper mill workers
November 28, 2011A pair of international union allies helped Paperworkers at the Huhtamaki Packaging Plant in Fulton, N.Y., defeat a terrible company health insurance scheme.
Read moreSteelworkers, top British union, hold joint Congress
November 21, 2011The London conference discussed participation by rank and file delegations of activists in each other's education, rapid response, health and safety, civil rights, and women's conferences.
Read moreSteelworkers honor Danny Glover and Ed Schultz (with video)
August 22, 2011On the final day of their International Convention 2011, the United Steel Workers (USW) introduced the union's new Paul Wellstone award. The first recipients are: actor and chair of TransAfrica, Danny Glover; and Ed Shultz, host...
Read moreStanding up: a poem for the picket lines
August 18, 2011This poem was inspired by the just-concluded United Steelworkers convention.
Read moreSteelworkers “stand up, fight back” (with video)
August 17, 2011"Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed" - Lincoln's quote opened the United Steelworkers Convention.
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