Just weeks before christmas, these employees of Sherwin Alumina march the streets in the hopes that their voices are heard. Their employer locked them out of their jobs, just before the holiday season. Please go to http://stopsherwin.usw.org/ and tell Sherwin to end the lockout.
Let's work together and make 2015 a great year for all!
On October 11, Sherwin Alumina locked out 450 hard-working USW Local 235A members at their plant in Gregory, Texas. The lockout came after 235A members overwhelmingly rejected the company’s demands for major cuts in pension and health care benefits for members and retirees, as well as reductions in overtime pay.
On Friday, November 21st at 12:00pm, the United Steelworkers held a press conference lauding the executive action the President plans on taking concerning immigration law and deportations.
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf drops by USW Headquarters for a last minute rally.
In Pittsburgh, a partnership between the United Steelworkers and the A. Philip Randolph Institute has created a program called "Breaking the Chains of Poverty." They have successfully formed a pathway for displaced, unemployed or under employed individuals to become trained and find careers that often change their lives.