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The '''United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union''', commonly known as the '''United Steelworkers''' ('''USW'''), is a [[general union|general trade union]] with members across North America. Headquartered in [[Pittsburgh]], the United Steelworkers represents workers in Canada, the [[Caribbean]], and the United States. The United Steelworkers represent workers in a diverse range of [[Industry (economics)|industries]], including primary and fabricated [[metal]]s, [[paper]], [[chemical]]s, [[glass]], [[rubber]], heavy-duty [[conveyor belt]]ing, [[tire]]s, [[transport]]ation, [[public utility|utilities]], [[Packaging and labelling|container]] industries, [[pharmacology|pharmaceuticals]], [[call center]]s, [[museums]], and [[health care]].
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The United Steelworkers is currently affiliated with the [[AFL–CIO]] in the United States and the [[Canadian Labour Congress]] (CLC) in Canada as well as several international union federations. On July 2, 2008, the United Steelworkers signed an agreement to merge with the United Kingdom and Ireland–based union [[Unite (trade union)|Unite]] to form a new global union entity called [[Workers Uniting]].
Rank-and-file members, as well as representatives, of the United Steelworkers refer to themselves, and are most often referred to, as Steelworkers. The use of the capitalized single word ''Steelworker'' or ''Steelworkers'', as opposed to the lowercase two-worded ''steel worker'' or ''steel workers'', is also an identifier of those who are part of, or affiliated with, the United Steelworkers International Union rather than being general non-union workers within the steel industry. This distinction is important in North America wherein a vast majority of the steel industry is unionized. For example, some of the most recognizable and largest companies in the business such as United States Steel (USS) and Cleveland-Cliffs, with their combined hourly workforces at facilities in North America being Steelworkers and represented by the USW, including the largest facilities on the continent, like US Steel's Gary Works in Gary, Indiana, Cleveland-Cliffs's Burns Harbor in Burns Harbor, Indiana, Indiana Harbor East and West in Northwest Indiana, and Cleveland Plant in Cleveland, Ohio, all of which are situated on the Great Lakes freshwater system. On the other hand, some steel companies, usually at facilities known as "mini-mills", like [[Nucor]] Steel and its facility in Crawfordsville, Indiana, are non-union shops not represented by the United Steelworkers.
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Significant job actions of the USW include:
* [[1946 US Steel Strike]]
* [[1952 steel strike]]
* [[Steel strike of 1959]]
* [[1974 Elliot Lake miners strike]]
* [[1986 USX steel strike|Steel strike of 1986]]
==Growth of the union==
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==American politics==
In the 2006 election, the USW led a
The USW endorsed [[Barack Obama]]'s presidential campaign<ref name="Obama">Press Release: [http://www.usw.org/usw/program/content/4622.php "United Steelworkers Endorse Senator Barack Obama for President,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121113958/http://www.usw.org/usw/program/content/4622.php |date=November 21, 2008 }} May 15, 2008.</ref> and re-election,<ref name="Obama2012">Press Release: [http://www.usw.org/media_center/releases_advisories?id=0514 "Steelworkers Endorse Barack Obama for Re-election as President,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720104837/http://www.usw.org/media_center/releases_advisories?id=0514 |date=July 20, 2012 }} March 6, 2012.</ref> [[Hillary Clinton]]'s presidential campaign,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usw.org/blog/2016/clinton-receives-two-major-union-endorsements|title=Clinton Receives Two Major Union Endorsements|work=United Steelworkers|access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref> and [[Joe Biden]]'s presidential campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USW Endorses Joe Biden for President|url=https://m.usw.org/news/media-center/releases/2020/usw-endorses-joe-biden-for-president|website=United Steelworkers|date=May 20, 2020 |access-date=2020-08-31}}</ref>
In 2023 and 2024, USW expressed opposition to the [[Proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel|proposed acquisition]] of [[U.S. Steel]] by Japanese steel company [[Nippon Steel]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bomey |first=Nathan |date=December 18, 2023 |title=United Steelworkers union blasts $15B U.S. Steel-Nippon deal |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers |website=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]}}</ref><ref name=mccallstates>{{cite web|url=https://m.usw.org/news/media-center/releases/2024/usw-welcomes-bidens-call-for-u-s-steel-to-remain-domestically-owned-and-operated|title=USW Welcomes Biden’s Call for U.S. Steel to Remain Domestically Owned and Operated|publisher=United Steelworker|date=March 14, 2024|accessdate=March 15, 2024}}</ref> USW International President David McCall stated in March 2024 that “Allowing one of our nation’s largest steel manufacturers to be purchased by a foreign-owned corporation leaves us vulnerable when it comes to meeting both our defense and critical infrastructure needs.”<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nippon-steel-defends-us-steel-acquisition-biden-opposes-rcna143529|title=Nippon Steel defends U.S. Steel purchase after Biden expresses opposition|first1=Arata|last1=Yamamoto|first2=Jennifer|last2=Jett|publisher=NBC News|date=March 15, 2024|accessdate=March 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name=mccallstates />
==Canadian politics==
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* [[George Becker (labor leader)|George Becker]], 1994–2001
* [[Leo Gerard]], 2001–2019
* [[Tom Conway (trade unionist)|Tom Conway]],
* David McCall, 2023–present<ref name="Reuters2023">{{cite news |title=United Steelworkers union names David McCall as president |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/united-steelworkers-union-names-david-mccall-president-2023-09-26/ |work=Reuters |date=September 26, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
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* [[Arthur Goldberg]], general counsel of the USW and later a US Supreme Court associate justice
* [[Bernard Kleiman]], general counsel of USW from 1965 to 1997
==References==
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==Further reading==
* Bodnar, John (1977). ''[https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98622610 Immigration and Industrialization: Ethnicity in an American Mill Town, 1870-1940]''.
* Brody, David (1965). ''[https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=34200941 Labor in Crisis: The Steel Strike of 1919] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716182531/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=34200941 |date=July 16, 2012 }}''.
* Caballero, Mary Hull (Spring 2006). [http://journal.heinz.cmu.edu/PDF%20Files/Current%20PDFs/HeinzSightLeoGerard.pdf "Interview with Leo Gerard"]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[The Heinz Journal]]''.
* Catano, James V. (2001). ''[https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=105228668 Ragged Dicks: Masculinity, Steel, and the Rhetoric of the Self-Made Man]''.
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