David McCall

David McCall is the United Steelworkers 9th International President. The USW is the largest industrial union in North America. McCall is a fourth-generation Steelworker. He was born and raised in Gary, IN. He was 18 when he joined USW Local 6787 and went to work as a millwright at Bethlehem Steel's urns Harbor Works in Northwest Indiana. McCall was elected as a grievance committee in 1971, then elected grievance committee chair in 1975 and Local 6787 vice president in 1985.

McCall attended and graduated from Indiana University NW with a degree in Labor Studies in 1975, he also graduated from the Harvard Trade Union Program in 1989.

David joined the USW staff in 1986, serving first as a Staff Representative and then as Sub-District Director in Gary, Ind., from 1989 until his appointment as Assistant Director of District 7 in 1997. In January of 1999 he became the District 1 Director and was elected to five consecutive terms. In 2019 he was elected as International Vice President (Administration)

McCall is currently a member of Local 979 in Cleveland, Ohio, the chairman of the Steelworkers Health and Welfare Fund and a Trustee for the Steelworker Pension Trust. He is a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, Co-chair of the Blue Green Alliance and the Chairman of the Labor Advisory Council for the President of the United States.

Over his career, McCall has led negotiations that delivered wage increases,Stronger job security and other gains for tens of thousands of workers in steel, tire, paper, oil, glass and other key industries.