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  • Locked Out Crystal Sugar and Cooper Tire Workers Launch Journey for Justice
    22 Feb 2012 - 2:00am

    Supporters Deliver Petition Signed by Tens of Thousands to Crystal Sugar Headquarters

    Hundreds of union members, their families, and supporters rallied in Moorhead, MN, today to protest the lockout of some 1,300 workers by American Crystal Sugar Company (ACS). After the rally, a delegation of labor and community leaders delivered a petition signed by more than 33,000 people to the company’s headquarters.

    The petition calls on CEO David Berg to end the lockout and resume negotiations with his workers, members of the Bakery...

  • "Journey for Justice" and the Theft of Wealth
    22 Feb 2012 - 2:00am

    United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard talked with progressive talk show host Ed Schultz about the forces working against wage earners, a "Journey for Justice" for workers and Republican candidate Rick Santorum.

    They talked about the Koch brothers, their relationship with the Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and how they plan to go after labor, public sector unions and public education.

    Gerard said, "We now know completely what his agenda is and his agenda is not to just beat up on the labor movement but to eviscerate the middle class."

    They also...

  • Workers Take Campaign to Save Philadelphia Refineries to Washington for a "Lobby & Action Day"
    17 Feb 2012 - 2:00am

    Over 250 United Steelworkers (USW) refinery workers, their families and members of the Boilermakers, Pipefitters, United Auto Workers and Carpenters unions descended upon Washington, D.C. on Feb. 15 for a “Lobby & Action Day” in support of the campaign to keep open the Sunoco and ConocoPhillips refineries in the Philadelphia area.

    The participants attended a press briefing on Capitol Hill with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) and members of the Pennsylvania and Delaware congressional delegations. Afterward, they split into two groups:...

  • US Sen. Bob Casey Press Event on Philly Refineries Feb. 15; USW Oil Workers Mobilize for D.C. 'Lobby & Action Day'
    15 Feb 2012 - 2:00am

    USW MEDIA ADVISORY

    Auto fuels, heating oil shortages expected if closures proceed

    About 200 oil workers from three Philadelphia refineries slated for permanent shutdowns early this year are arriving on buses for a ‘Lobby & Action Day’ on Capitol Hill to advocate that the closures threaten family-supportive jobs and will lead to  persistent shortages of home heating oil and motor vehicle fuels in Pennsylvania and throughout the Northeast.

     A press briefing with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA...

  • Locked Out Workers Will Make 1,000-Mile Journey for Justice
    14 Feb 2012 - 2:00am

    USW, BCTGM Announce Tour to Highlight Corporate Attacks on Workers

    PITTSBURGH, Feb. 15, 2012  -- The United Steelworkers (USW) and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) have announced a joint project, "From Fargo to Findlay: A Journey for Justice." Locked out workers from American Crystal Sugar Company (PINK:ASCS) and Cooper Tire and Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) will embark on a road trip from Fargo, North Dakota, to Findlay, Ohio, in order to focus attention on the most recent wave of greed-...