Our union was founded on principles outlined in our Constitution – which every member receives upon joining. These principles include: 👉 Our aim to unite all working people into the union 👉 What we fight for, including better wages and shorter hours 👉 Our commitment to education, legislative action, social welfare and democracy We also host a convention every three years as stipulated in Article VI of the Constitution. There, delegates nominated by their Districts come together to vote on ame

We started as the United Steelworkers of America, born out of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC). But over the years, we’ve grown into something much bigger. Today, we proudly represent workers across industries like manufacturing, health care, energy, and more. Most folks know us as USW or simply the Steelworkers, a nod to our proud roots. But our full name reflects just how far we’ve come: The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Ser

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In this installment of USW Artifacts, USW International Secretary-Treasurer Myles Sullivan shares a meaningful story not only in his own Steelworkers lineage, but one that’s also important to Canadian labor history and labor law. Listen as Myles tell the story of the Kirkland Lake, Ontario, where 4,000 miners, including his grandfather, went on strike for the right to organize with the Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers, who eventually became members of the United Steelworkers Union in 1967.

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