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The new union, with 860,000 active members in the United States and Canada,was the largest industrial labor union in North America. The union is known as the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers International Union, abbreviated as the "United Steelworkers" or by the acronym USW.
The 46,000 members of the Aluminum Workers of America voted to merge with the budding steelworker union that was the USW in June 1944. Eventually, eight more unions joined the USW as well: the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (1967); the United Stone and Allied Product Workers of America (1971); International Union of District 50, Allied and Technical Workers of the United ...
Leo W. Gerard CC (born 1947) [1] is a retired steelworker and Canadian and American labour leader. He was elected president of the United Steelworkers (USW) in 2001, becoming the second Canadian to head the union. [3] [4] He served in the role until July 2019. [5] He also served on the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO. [6]
In 2023, Burritt received $16.7 million in compensation for his position as CEO of U.S. Steel, including a $1,400,000 as a salary and $4,284,000 as a bonus. The median employee salary at U.S. Steel is $100,156, which is a CEO pay ratio of 167:1 according to SEC filings. [14]
The leadership of the USW - a union of 1.2 million U.S. and Canadian workers from the steel, paper and energy industries as well as government workers - in July endorsed Democratic party candidate ...
[1] In 2007, Redmond was additionally elected as chair of the board of directors of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, and in 2021, he became president of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas. In 2022, he stood down from his USW post, to become secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, the second-highest post in the organisation. [1]
The union said the contract will provide all 1,500 covered workers with at least a 12% raise, with some of the lowest-paid workers getting raises of more than 40%.
The USW, which represents 850,000 workers in metals, mining, rubber and other industries, said Biden has a track record of supporting retirement United Steelworkers union endorses Biden, giving ...