Welcome Meteor!!
Once again, please welcome our new brothers and sisters at Meteor to the USW Local 2737.
These folks have had a tough road after voting to have a union last year, ratifying their first contract recently and fending off a desertification vote.
At the May Local 2737 meeting, the membership voted to allow our friends at Meteor to become our newest amalgamated unit! Congratulations
Labor Walk 2008 Kick-Off
On Saturday, May 17th, 2008, Steelworkers and other members of the AFL-CIO in the Tuscarawas Valley will kick-off this year’s first labor-to-labor walk.
We encourage all members of Local 2737 to join us at our local hall at 10 a.m. See your Unit Chair or Rapid Response Coordinator if you haven’t already seen a flier for this event.
Zack Space Commits to Oppose Columbia Free Trade
On Monday, April 21st, 2008, Zack Space met with Steelworkers and other Union members from around the county at the USW Hall in New Philadelphia to sign a pledge to oppose the Columbia Free Trade Agreement.
Before signing the pledge, Congressman Space acknowledged that it is inappropriate for our government to establish free trade with any country with such a lack for human rights as Columbia. It is well known that the Colombian government has frequently endorsed and supported the harassment, intimidation and even murder of union representatives and other labor rights advocates in that country for years.
Toxic Trade Demonstration
On Wednesday, January 16th, local USW Members along with supporters from in and around the Tuscarawas Valley stood together to increase awareness of the affects of Toxic Trade.
More than a dozen and half supporters stood at the intersection of Bluebell Drive and West High Avenue across from Burger King. We’d like to thank everyone for taking the time to champion this important cause.
Employee Free Choice Act
America’s working people are struggling to make ends meet these days and our middle class is disappearing. The best opportunity working people have to get ahead economically is by uniting to bargain with their employers for better wages and benefits. Recent research has shown that some 60 million U.S. workers would join a union if they could.
Find out which Senators and Representatives are supporting the Employee Free Choice Act
Source: AFL-CIO web site
