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Biden Protected Working People

By Tom Conway USW International President Joel Buchanan owns his home, travels, donates to charitable causes and still has more than enough money to pay his bills on time — thanks in large part to Social Security. Along with his union pension, it means the difference between enjoying his golden…

Debt Ceiling

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Biden Protected Working People
Biden Protected Working People
Debt Ceiling

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May 24

Workers Rising in the South

By Tom Conway USW International President Workers at Blue Bird Corp. in Fort Valley, Ga., launched a union drive to secure better wages, work-life balance and a voice on the job. The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them. But they stood together, believed in themselves and…

Workers

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Workers Rising in the South
Workers Rising in the South
Workers

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May 5

A Personal Attack on Working People

By Tom Conway USW International President Chad Newcome confided little to his wife over the years about the failing pension fund that threatened their dreams, wanting to spare her the anxiety that haunted him day and night. But two years ago, after congressional Democrats passed legislation saving dozens of multiemployer…

Unions

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A Personal Attack on Working People
A Personal Attack on Working People
Unions

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Apr 28

Building Safer Workplaces

By Tom Conway USW International President He was known to be aggressive and argumentative, the kind of patron who made others at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh branch uneasy. But one day last year, the man walked into the building in a much darker mood, harassed a librarian and threatened…

Workers

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Building Safer Workplaces
Building Safer Workplaces
Workers

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Apr 24

Workers Breaking Barriers

By Tom Conway USW International President Dominick Sapien’s patient threw up during cardiac arrest several months ago, and he instinctively grabbed a suction tool to clear the man’s airway. The device failed to turn on, so Sapien picked up another. When it also failed, he reached for a third. When…

Workers

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Workers Breaking Barriers
Workers Breaking Barriers
Workers

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Apr 14

Helping Veterans Navigate the Homefront

By Tom Conway USW International President Gregory Washington joined the Marines at 18 and fought in the Gulf War, only to return — traumatized, unemployed, adrift — to an America that seemed as unfamiliar and daunting to him as the places he encountered overseas. It took Washington years to find…

Workers

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Helping Veterans Navigate the Homefront
Helping Veterans Navigate the Homefront
Workers

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Apr 3

Strained to the Breaking Point

By Tom Conway USW International President Among the handful of neurologically impaired patients in Judy Danella’s care one day last week were three so ill that they struggled just to swallow. She fed each of them in turn, delivering spoonful after spoonful of pureed food, patiently nourishing them toward better…

Safe Staffing

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Strained to the Breaking Point
Strained to the Breaking Point
Safe Staffing

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Mar 22

Building Worker Power

By Tom Conway USW International President The United Steelworkers (USW) mounted tireless battles for fair trade and other lifelines that helped to keep McLouth Steel open during the 1980s, enabling Jay McMurran and thousands of other Michigan workers to raise families and build pensions amid one of the nation’s worst…

Restore Worker Freedom

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Building Worker Power
Building Worker Power
Restore Worker Freedom

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Mar 14

Keep the DOL Fighting for Workers

By Tom Conway USW International President Hundreds of Boston school bus drivers stood to lose their jobs when COVID-19 closed the city’s schools in 2020. But instead of giving up on drivers, André François and other leaders of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 8751 collaborated with with Marty Walsh, then the…

Marty Walsh

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Keep the DOL Fighting for Workers
Keep the DOL Fighting for Workers
Marty Walsh

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Feb 28

Working Kids to Death

By Tom Conway USW International President Brad Greve said he and other expedition leaders repeatedly told the group of Boy Scouts to watch out for a section of stream where the water picked up speed and swept over rapids into the lake below. But two of the boys forgot the…

Child Labor

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Working Kids to Death
Working Kids to Death
Child Labor

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