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February 6, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. -- The United Steelworkers (USW) welcomed today’s preliminary decision to impose antidumping duties on new pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tire imports from China announced by the U.S. Commerce Department.    » read more »

Legislation required to eliminate threat to domestic industry and jobs

February 1, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. -- United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard confirmed today support for a new long-term suspension agreement being signed late today between government representatives of the U.S. and Russia that sets limits on exports of uranium products, including commercial Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU), at levels that won’t threaten the workforce producing this in Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois.    » read more »

January 30, 2008 -- Pittsburgh – The United Steelworkers (USW) reacted to former Senator John Edwards’ announcement that he is withdrawing from the presidential race by expressing pride in the candidate’s role in forging a progressive agenda that would significantly change the direction the country has taken over the past eight years.

“We greet the Senator’s decision with some disappointment but with a great deal of pride in what he has accomplished in this campaign,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard.    » read more »

January 30, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – A trade case was filed with the federal government today by the United Steelworkers (USW) and four domestic producers of welded austenitic stainless pipe against surging China imports. The producers are Bristol Metals L.P., (Bristol, Tennessee); Felker Brothers Corporation, (Marshfield, Wisconsin); Outokumpu Stainless Pipe Inc., (Wildwood, Florida); and Marcegaglia USA, Inc. (Munhall, Pennsylvania).    » read more »

January 23, 2008 -- PITTSBURGH--The 117 DuPont workers who held a hunger strike in Camaçari, Brazil last week gained the support of the United Steelworkers (USW), the largest industrial trade union in North America. The workers, members of the Union of Chemical and Petroleum Workers of Bahia/CNQ-CUT, held the strike to protest DuPont’s derisory profit sharing proposals.

"The USW stands prepared to offer immediate assistance,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. “We already have representation in Brazil fully committed to assisting our brothers and sisters there.”    » read more »