The 2013 USW Rapid Response and Legislative Conference took place in Washington, D.C., in April. Members of the United Steelworkers, as well as a coalition from Unite the Union (UK) took to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers and push a global labor agenda. This is a quick visual synopsis of the event.
Job losses have devastated families in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland and elsewhere. But even in these times of crisis, our unions are working to make a better world and fighting to get people back to work.
The story of one worker in London whose life has been devastated because of austerity is just one of many around the world.
Half of England's children are going hungry. More than 1 million are homeless. These are just a few of the victims of sweeping austerity, which is cutting needed programs and services precisely when they are needed most.
In Belfast, the fight for a better world is uniting people and old divisions are slowly being erased thanks to Unite the Union's Community program.
Oralia Casso De Gomez and her husband, Napoleon Gomez Urrutia General Secretary of Los Mineros, sent a special thank you and good wishes to the Women of Steel in Canada and the United States.