USW Continues to Shower Trump with Praise

In following up from this post, Leo Gerard, President of the United Steelworkers union praised President Trump for making it clear he is going to “tackle trade deficits.” Gerard said Trump was able to “see the steelworker agenda” and “he’s going to have a major impact on our members” with what he has done. According…
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Proposal to Export U.S. Oil Causes Unions to Break from AFL-CIO

There has recently been a push to lift the 40-year old ban on oil exports. Several economists believe that pushing domestic crude oil into the world market will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, contribute tens of billions of Gross Domestic Product dollars, put downward pressure on domestic fuel prices, and provide our allies…
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Steelworkers Playbook on How They Plan to Reform Labor Law

The United Steelworkers of America recently wrapped its annual convention where it called for “true labor law reform in the United States” and where it vowed to enact these changes: Workers should have a right to a representation election within 30 days of filing a petition for one Workers should have access to neutral voting…
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