We are the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union. We’re 1.2 million members and retirees strong in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. We proudly represent men and women who work in nearly every industry there is.
-CONTRACTING OUT- *Steve Muchnock 724-552-6857 Jared Howatineck 814-289-7999
-CWS- *Robert Ankeny 724-309-7782 Mike Johnson 724-238-3314 Trainees: Rob Govern 724-217-9838 Joe Edwards 724-953-9540
-LEGISLATIVE/RAPID RESPONSE- *Nathan DeCanter 724-396-0891 Kevin Caruso 724-433-7214 David Semenko 724-875-1927 Chris Hicks 814-758-0719
-RETIRED MEMBERS- Executive Board
-ORGANIZING COMMITTEE- *Kevin Caruso 724-433-7214 David Semenko 724-875-1927
-MILITARY ADVISORY/VETERANS AFFAIRS- *Rob Govern 724-219-9941
-PENSIONS & INSURANCE- *Kevin Caruso 724-433-7214
-WORKERS COMPENSATION- *Robert Ankeny 724-309-7782 Joe Edwards 724-953-9540
-Social- Executive Board (5)
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Mike Lupyan 412-244-6734 Mike Johnson 724-238-3314 J.D. Ames 878-214-1778 Rob Govern 724-217-9838 Dan Cole 412-610-6123 Joe Edwards 724-953-9540 JD Gessler 724-539-7524 Dennis Young 724-832-7820
-JOINT APPRENTICESHIP- *Kevin Caruso 724-433-7214 Robert Ankeny 724-309-7782 Myron Hoffer 724-333-2333 Mike Lupyan 724-558-5005
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USW International President Leo W. Gerard this week sent a letter to Washington, D.C., leaders about the shutdown of the United States government. Text of the letter is as follows:
President Trump, Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy:
On behalf of the 850,000 members of the United Steelworkers (USW) and in solidarity with the more than 800,000 workers impacted by this unnecessary shutdown in nine of fifteen federal departments, I urge you to reach an agreement that will allow critical agencies to conduct the necessary tasks to move our economy forward.
In addition to the significant economic impact this shutdown is having on workers and families across this country, our union is deeply concerned with the erosion of our trade enforcement regime with the idling of the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC).
Oversight of the implementation of the steel and aluminum 232 relief measures, including the exclusion process, has effectively halted. Our union, a strong supporter of 232 relief to protect our economic and defense security, is concerned that inadequate staffing is undermining the relief. In order for tariff relief to work, our country needs effective oversight and DOC staff doing their job with pay.
Anti-dumping and countervailing duty trade cases have stalled because of the furlough of the ITC. USW members at Maxion in Ohio, a producer facing an onslaught of dumped and subsidized steel wheels from China, have seen their enforcement case get needlessly delayed.
Another trade enforcement case on Cast Iron Soil pipe from China also faces a delay next week if there is no resolution of the shutdown. Tyler Pipe a division of McWane in Tyler, Texas provides good family-sustaining jobs in a mostly rural part of East Texas. Our union. represents close to 300 workers at Tyler Pipe, and soil pipe is a critical product for the company. Continuing imports of unfairly traded products will only further jeopardize their jobs and the company’s viability.
Workers and their employers need their federal government to analyze and determine if dumped and subsidized goods are impacting their jobs and to take corrective action. Without the Enforcement and Compliance units working at the Department of Commerce and the ITC to determine the impact of imports on...
