USW Local 1000 Host WOS Council Meeting

Women of Steel Local 1000 held it's first Southern Tier of NY Council Meeting of 2026 on Friday, Nov 6th.

This meeting not only included women from Local 1000, but women from other USW locals across the southern tier of NY, as well 16 total women were in attendance.

The meeting was focused on education and inspiration.

Guest speakers included District 4 Women of Steel Coordinator, Angelle Gregoire and the Southern Tier Labor Coordinator, Maggie Rex.

Key topics included: public speaking, using our voice in a way that makes a difference, sitting at the table, and making room for women in the workforce.

A tour of the Tough Stuff Women in the American Glass Studio exhibit at Corning Museum of Glass followed.

"Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio is the first survey exhibition of work by exceptional women artists working in glass in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s—the breakthrough decades of the American Studio Glass Movement.
Tough Stuff champions the lives and critical early work of female artists, bringing into view their formal and material breakthroughs, historical impact, and profound conceptual frameworks in glass as an artistic medium."

Our Women of Steel committee would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our Local President, Shane Magill, our guests; Angelle Gregoire, and Maggie Rex for their support to make this educational meeting possible, as well as the women who took a step in the right direction to keep women relevant and valued in their workplace.

We hope to forge ahead and build a solid sisterhood of strong and educated women in the labor movement.