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Everything but the Shade
This week, hundreds of USW members in the paper and pulp industry are convening for the biennial paper bargaining conference to have their voices hea…
4 years, 11 months ago
Risk & Reward: An Interview with Labor Author and Organizer Anne Balay
Anne Balay published her first book, Steel Closets, featuring the stories of forty gay, lesbian, and trans steelworkers, in 2014. Four years later, a…
5 years ago
Untapped Power: A Conversation on Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers
To close out Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, USW Solidarity Works speaks with three activists with the Asian Pacific American Labor Allian…
5 years, 1 month ago
Rebuilding for Resilience: Infrastructure and the American Jobs Plan
The United States is the wealthiest country in the world, yet we rank 13th when it comes to the overall quality of our infrastructure. The American J…
5 years, 1 month ago
May Day: The Movement That Shook the World
International Workers' Day, also known as May Day or Labour Day in most countries, is a celebration of the working class. Its roots are found in the …
5 years, 2 months ago
American Rescue: What Economic Recovery Means to Workers
President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law on Thursday, March 11, a historic piece of legislation that aims to jolt t…
5 years, 2 months ago
Women and Work: A Year of Reckoning and Reflection
One year ago, much of the United States entered various stages of lockdown due to the coronavirus. Since then, a lot has changed for most workers, bu…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Lowell Mill Girls: Celebrating America's First Union of Working Women
In the early 19th century, long before the mass movements for labor and civil rights would grip the nation, a group of determined women and girls wor…
5 years, 3 months ago
Fighting for Freedom: The Life and Legacy of A. Philip Randolph
On August 28, 1963, nearly a quarter of a million people gathered in the nation's capital for the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. …
5 years, 4 months ago
A Solid Foundation: Inside the President's Cabinet
There's a lot that looks familiar in President Joe Biden's Cabinet, but there is also a newness potent throughout, from installing the nation's first…
5 years, 4 months ago