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40 Years of SOAR USW Retiree Organization Has Evolved Into a Legion of Activists On March 28, 1980, Frank Lumpkin showed up at Wisconsin Steel Works on the south side of Chicago, where he’d worked for 30 years, to find that the gates were locked with no explanation. They never reopened. What followed was a years-long fight for the […] The post 40 Years of SOAR appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 17
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Saving Maxo Vanka 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 […] The post Saving Maxo Vanka appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 13
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Rapid Response Action Call: Steelworkers – We Need You in the Fight! 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 […] The post Rapid Response Action Call: Steelworkers – We Need You in the Fight! appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 12
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Mary-Marta Briones-Bird of Local 1998 Ensures Pay Equity for Workers at University of Toronto 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 […] The post Mary-Marta Briones-Bird of Local 1998 Ensures Pay Equity for Workers at University of Toronto appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 10
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America’s Backbone 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. […] The post America’s Backbone appeared first on United Steelworkers. — Mar 10