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USW
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United Steelworkers
Founded May 22, 1942
Members 1. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2 million (2006)
Country United States, Canada
Affiliation AFL-CIO, CLC
Key people Leo Gerard, president
Office location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Website http://www.usw.org, http://www.usw.ca/

The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (United Steelworkers or USW) is the largest industrial labor union in North America, and claims over 1. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a National trade union center, the largest federation of The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (in French "le Congrès du travail du Canada Leo W Gerard (born 1947 is a steelworker Canadian and American labor leader The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming 2 million active and retired workers amongst its ranks. Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the United Steelworkers represents workers in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The United Steelworkers represent workers in a diverse range of industries, including primary and fabricated metals, chemicals, glass, rubber, heavy-duty conveyor belting, tires, transportation, utilities, container industries, pharmaceuticals, call centers and health care. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The M acro E xpansion T emplate A ttribute L anguage complements TAL, providing macros which allow the reuse of code across A chemical substance is a Material with a definite chemical composition. Glass in the common sense refers to a Hard, Brittle, transparent Solid, such as that used for Windows many A belt conveyor consists of two or more Pulleys with a continuous loop of material - the conveyor belt - that rotates about them This article is about tires used on road Vehicles including pneumatic tires and solid tires. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another A public utility (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the Infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using Packaging is the science art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution storage sale and use Pharmacology (from Greek grc φάρμακον pharmakon, "drug" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of how Drugs A call centre or call center (see spelling differences) is a centralized office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by Health care is the prevention treatment and management of illness and the preservation of mental health through the services offered by the medical, Nursing

The United Steelworkers is currently affiliated with both the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), as well as several international union federations. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, commonly AFL-CIO, is a National trade union center, the largest federation of The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (in French "le Congrès du travail du Canada

The current International President of the United Steelworkers is Leo Gerard, who has served as president since 2001. Leo W Gerard (born 1947 is a steelworker Canadian and American labor leader

Contents

Origins and History

Main article: Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers
Main article: Steel Workers Organizing Committee

Early attempts to organize steelworkers encountered resistance, even violence. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (commonly known as the AA was an American labor union formed in 1876 and which represented iron and steel workers The Steel Workers Organizing Committee was one of two precursor labor organizations to the United Steelworkers. An example is the Homestead Strike. The Homestead Strike was a labor lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents In 1889, after a strike at a mill in Homestead, Pennsylvania, the Carnegie Steel Company signed a contract with the workers. Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA in the "Mon Valley" seven miles (11 km southeast of downtown Pittsburgh Carnegie Steel Company was a steel producing company created by Andrew Carnegie to manage business at his Steel mills in the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Three years later, however, the mill cut wages, triggering another strike. Management sent in 300 Pinkerton detectives to break the strike, resulting in a pitched battle on July 6, 1892, that left 10 dead and many wounded. "We Never Sleep" the famous motto of the Pinkerton Agency redirects here Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Eventually, strikebreakers, backed by state militia, broke the strike, eliminating the early union from its mills. Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work.

The USW was established May 22, 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, after almost six years of divisive struggles to create a new union of steelworkers. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (commonly known as the AA was an American labor union formed in 1876 and which represented iron and steel workers The Steel Workers Organizing Committee was one of two precursor labor organizations to the United Steelworkers. The drive to create this union included such violent incidents as the infamous Memorial Day, 1937, when Chicago policemen supporting the rival American Federation of Labor (AFL) fired on workers outside a Republic Steel mill and killed 10 men. Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May in) Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The American Federation of Labor (AFL was one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States Republic Steel was once the third largest Steel producer in the United States.

The founder and first president of the USW, Philip Murray, led the union through its first organizing drives and dangerous first decade, when the workers of USW went on strike several times to win concessions such as the right to bargain collectively with steel companies, higher wages, and paid vacations. Philip Murray ( May 25, 1886 &ndash November 9, 1952) was a Steelworker and an American labor leader Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. Collective bargaining is the process whereby workers organize together to meet converse and compromise upon the work environment with their employers Lists of holidays The words holiday or vacation have related meanings in different English-speaking countries and continents but will usually refer to one of

Growth of the Union

The 46,000 members of the Aluminum Workers of America voted to merge with the budding steelworker union that was the USW in June, 1944. Eventually, eight more unions joined the USW as well: the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (1967); the United Stone and Allied Product Workers of America (1971); District 50, the Allied and Technical Workers of America (1972); the Upholsterers International Union of North America (1985); the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America (URW) (1995); the Aluminum, Brick and Glass Workers Union (ABG) (1996); the Canadian Division of the Transportation Communications International Union (1999); and the American Flint Glass Workers Union (AFGWU) (2003). The Western Federation of Miners ( WFM) was a radical labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mines of the western United States The Transportation Communications International Union or TCU is the successor to the union formerly known as the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and includes within

In June, 2004, the USW announced a merger with the 55,000 member Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada (IWA Canada), a major Canadian forestry workers union. International Woodworkers of America (IWA was an Industrial union of lumbermen sawmill workers timber transportation workers and others formed in 1937 Forestry is the Art and Science of managing forests tree Plantations and related Natural resources. Then in 2005, it announced an even larger merger with the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE). The Paper Allied-Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE was an international union that represented workers in the United States and The resulting new union adopted its current name after the PACE merger, and currently has 860,000 active members.

In September 2006, the Independent Oil Workers Union of Aruba which represents refinery workers on the Caribbean island of Aruba, affiliated with the United Steelworkers, becoming the first USW union local outside of the U. The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela S. (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and Canada. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States. [1]

In April, 2007, the USW also merged with the Independent Steelworkers Union, adding 1,150 members at Arcelor-Mittal's Weirton, West Virginia steel mill. ArcelorMittal (,,) is the largest steel company in the world with 310000 employees in more than 60 countries Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. [2]

Strategic Alliances

In addition to mergers, the USW has also formed strategic alliances with several other unions as well as other groups. In April, 2005, the USW and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) announced that they had formed a strategic alliance to take on the globalization of the culture industry and to address a range of common issues. The Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA is a Canadian Labour union representing performers in English-language media [3] In July, 2006, the USW announced a similar arrangement with the United Transportation Union (UTU), to address common issues in the transportation industry, including the globalization of the industry. The United Transportation Union (UTU is headquartered in Cleveland Ohio. [4] In July, 2007, the USW inked yet another strategic alliance with the Canadian Region of the Communications Workers of America. Communications Workers of America (CWA is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States (the union also has locals in Canada [5]

Beyond its affiliations with other unions, in June, 2006, the USW announced the formation of a 'Blue-Green Alliance' with the Sierra Club, which is the largest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. A Blue-green alliance describes an alliance between political parties and other organizations Mission statement To explore enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources To educate and The goal of this new partnership is to pursue a joint public policy agenda reconciling workers' need for good jobs with all people's need for a cleaner environment and safer world. [6]

Transoceanic Merger talks

In early April 2007, the BBC announced that Amicus, then the United Kingdom's second-largest trade union, was to begin discussions with the USW about a possible merger. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> Amicus was the United Kingdom 's second-largest Trade union The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located [7] Amicus subsequently merged with the British Transport and General Workers Union to form the new union Unite. Unite and the USW continued the merger talks initiated by Amicus.

In May, 2008, the unions announced that they were putting the "finishing touches" on the merger, that the merger had been endorsed by Unite officials, and that the USW would discuss the plan at its forthcoming convention in July. Once completed, the new merged entity would represent more than 3 million workers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The unions have further announced that the new entity would target further mergers with labor groups in Australia and in the emerging economies of Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. [8]

The merger could create the first transoceanic trade union since the 1930s (when the IWW was the largest international trade union), and also create one of the world's largest trade unions. The Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The purpose of the merger is to globalize the labor movement in the era of multinational corporations. Multinational corporation ( MNC) or transnational corporation ( TNC) is a Corporation or enterprise that manages Production or delivers

The USW in the political arena

2006 U. S. midterm elections

In April 2005, USW President Gerard announced that the newly-merged USW's top political objective for the 2006 United States House of Representatives elections would be the ouster of Representative Tom DeLay. This article discusses only races that resulted in a seat's party switch in the U Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8 1947 is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas. DeLay later announced in April, 2006, that he would not run for reelection.

In the subsequent 2006 election, the USW led a massive political mobilization program that eventually grew to include 350 full-time political organizers in 26 states, a majority of whom were rank and file USW members who took time from work to organize their communities and educate fellow union members. The USW turned out some 5,000 USW volunteers on Election Day, including over 1,000 each in the key states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Exit polls suggested union families made up 23 percent of the total vote and supported Democratic candidates by a substantial 32 percent margin, 65 percent to 33 percent. Based on these numbers, the United Steelworkers, in conjunction with the rest of the labor movement, took substantial credit for the eventual Democratic victory. [9]

2008 presidential elections

In May 2008, the USW announced its endorsement of Barack Obama's presidential campaign for president by way of Sen. John Edwards' endorsement. Johnny Reid "John" Edwards (born June 10 1953 [10]

Philanthropy

The USW has contributed to various charitable and philanthropic causes since its creation. The USW has enthusiastically supported The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP), a nonprofit organization that works with brain-injured children. The Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential is an international Non-profit organization providing teaching programs and literature which it claims improve the health The USW has hosted the IAHP's founder, Glenn Doman, at their annual convention. [1] The USW has also held fundraising events for the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. The Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI is a comprehensive Cancer research and treatment center located in Buffalo New York. The USW has consistently stated that such charitable causes are important to its mission. [2]

Notes

  1. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1153/is_n12_v115/ai_13353405/pg_3
  2. ^ http://www.sportbikes.com/articles.aspx?id=28702

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