USW Members Help Restore Historic Murals in Pittsburgh Maxo Vanka, born Maximilian Vanka in 1889, immigrated to America from Croatia in the early 20th century due to the growing fascist threat to his Jewish family. During Vanka’s first visit to Pittsburgh in 1935, he fell in love with the steel town and made a fortuitous […]
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— Mar 13
Click here to download a printable PDF of this Action Call. Minnesota anti-worker lawmakers are at it again. This time, they want to EXCLUDE UNION MEMBERS from the Paid Leave program we fought tooth and nail to win. We secured Paid Family & Medical Leave in 2023 to ensure every Minnesotan can take time to […]
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— Mar 12
This article is part of Women of Steel’s “Sister Stories” series. Working at a university can often come with stiff job competition and uncertainty over shifts in government funding. Mary-Marta Briones-Bird, who currently works as a Job Evaluation Coordinator for Local 1998 at the University of Toronto, said having a union contract helps counteract that […]
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— Mar 10
Coatesville Steel Mill has Contributed to Nation’s Well-Being Since 1810 The United States was only 34 years old in 1810 when the Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory set up shop along its namesake creek in Coatesville, Pa. That company, later known as Lukens Steel, would go on to help form the backbone of U.S. […]
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— Mar 10
(Pittsburgh) — The United Steelworkers (USW) released the following statement in honor of International Women’s Day: For too long, billionaires and the politicians they bought have sought to turn working people against each other on the basis of age, race, gender, sexual identity and other superficial distinctions to break our collective power. Yet, in the […]
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— Mar 8
