Steelworkers
Steelworkers 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...
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Standing up: a poem for the picket lines
August 18, 2011This poem was inspired by the just-concluded United Steelworkers convention.
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Steelworkers “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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Honeywell lockout nearing settlement (video)
July 27, 2011In the video, Darrel Lillie, president of local 7-669 talks about the last 13 months and the issues involved.
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Unions discuss key issues with GE
June 3, 2011Health care, wages and pensions topped the talks between a multi-union coalition, headed by the United Electrical Workers, with General Electric.
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