By Tom Conway
USW International President
When Ron Brady drives through highway construction zones, he makes a point of looking for safety violations that threaten workers’ lives.
He’s seen more and more of them the past few years as employers, emboldened by the weakened state of the U.S. …
By Tom Conway
USW International President
Growing up, Tom Hay helped to raise hogs and crops on the family farm, never thinking to protect his ears from the din of tractors, combines and other machinery.
And while his United Steelworkers (USW) contract provided safety controls and protective measures during his…
By Tom Conway
USW International President
Donneta Williams and her co-workers at the Corning plant in Wilmington, N.C., hail from different backgrounds and hold diverse views.
But just as they team up on the production floor to make top-quality products powering the internet, they banded together to push for a…
By Tom Conway
USW International President
Workers at the Sibanye-Stillwater complex in Montana mine minerals used to fight cancer, produce life-saving surgical instruments and manufacture the wind turbines and solar panels essential for the clean economy.
They touch so many facets of American life that Ed Lorash, president of United…
By Tom Conway
USW International President
With business already strong and a national infrastructure program likely to further increase demand for its products, DuPont realized it needed a strategy to find more workers.
So it did what any sensible employer would do — turned to the union for help. DuPont…
By Tom Conway
USW International President
So many people with COVID-19 sought treatment at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in recent months that the hospital triaged patients in a tent outside the facility and set up a makeshift ward in the main lobby.
Many workers put in 14- and 16-hour…
By Tom Conway
USW International President
Keli Vereb wasn’t sure how long it would take to recover from complicated neck surgery last year, but she took comfort knowing she’d be able to focus on healing without having to worry about her job.
That’s because United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2227–01 negotiated…
By Tom Conway
USW International President
When managers at National Steel installed hidden cameras at an Illinois mill to guard against theft, they ended up being the ones on the wrong side of the law.
The United Steelworkers (USW) reported the illicit surveillance to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)…
By Tom Conway
USW International President
Robert P. Ford Jr. went to a community football game on a cold fall night three years ago and wondered why so many high school students sat shivering in the stands without coats or socks.
By Tom Conway
USW International President
New, ornate streetlights add charm and ambience to Knoxville, Tenn., even as they help the city dramatically slash energy consumption and save millions of taxpayer dollars each year.
These high-tech lights last for years, require almost zero maintenance and provide better illumination than the…
