Tom Conway

Thomas M. Conway was president of the United Steelworkers (USW), the largest industrial union in North America. Elected as the union’s president in 2019, Conway was known for his quick wit, formidable bargaining skills and unwavering devotion to workers and their families. He died at the age of 71 in September of 2023.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tom Conway

Labor

Workers in the old Confederacy are going union
June 5, 2023 By Tom Conway
Successful union campaigns could raise wages, reduce poverty, and spread democracy throughout the South.
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Labor

United Steelworkers leader: Republicans want to kill Social Security
February 8, 2023 By Tom Conway
Fairer taxes on the rich could fund the program. Instead, the far right wants to stiff workers who’ve already paid in.
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Opinion

Congress: Fund the fight against union busting
December 14, 2022 By Tom Conway
Last year, lid manufacturer Tecnocap illegally slashed health benefits for workers at its Glen Dale, West Virginia plant.
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Labor

Hospitals at risk of collapse, workers pull 14 – 16 hour shifts
November 1, 2021 By Tom Conway
Makeshift wards in lobbies are not the way to go when it comes to humane and adequate healthcare
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Labor

Keeping storms at bay
August 16, 2021 By Tom Conway
Tom Conway is president of the United Steelworkers. This article has appeared on the USW Website.
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Labor

Corporations, lawmakers collude in new multi-state ‘right to work’ offensive
February 23, 2021 By Tom Conway
The union bond is so powerful that corporate interests and their allies across the country desperately want to smash it.
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Labor

By a thousand cuts, Trump trying to exterminate unions
September 4, 2020 By Tom Conway
Even as the coronavirus pandemic makes them more urgent, Trump is dismantling protection on the job by weakening the NLRB.
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