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U.S. Steel Threatens To Go Rogue

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
Sparks shooting up from a work table towards a worker with face protection. Until yesterday, U.S. steelworkers hadn’t experienced an attack as sweeping as that of 1892.

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Protecting America’s Freedoms

David McCall, USW International President United Steelworkers
“Virtually everything we do is determined by politics. It’s just so important, from the smallest thing in your life to the biggest. Union people need to understand how powerful their vote is—how important their vote is.”

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Southern Workers Are Defying History

Tom Conway INEQUALITY
Successful union campaigns in the south could raise wages, reduce poverty, and spread democracy in the former Confederacy.

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Tesla Workers at Buffalo Plant Launch Union Campaign

Matt Glynn The Buffalo News
If the effort to organize the Buffalo facility succeeds, it would become Tesla’s first unionized workplace. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has expressed opposition to unions in the past.

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Biden Labor Task Force Aims at Federal Purchasing, Agency Moves

Ben Penn Bloomberg Law
A task force is exploring how to boost union organizing and clout. Talks have included leveraging federal purchasing to steer agency contracts to companies with unionized labor or that otherwise promote workers’ rights.
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