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We Order online, download reserve the right to edit for length. Mail to USW@Work, Five Gateway an order form to mail in Center, Pittsburgh PA 15222 or e-mail to [email protected]. OR Call 1-888-SAY-USW2 (1-888-729-8792) Obama Supports Military Vets Free Us from Foreign Oil Global Union USW officers sign agreement creating the world’s first truly John McCain often expresses how In this election, remember that in Watch out, fellow Americans, you international labor union. deeply engrained the military is in his order for us to produce steel and support may be next! There’s an old saying that 08 life, which makes it difficult to under- our families, we need an abundance of I grew up with, “After me, you come stand why he was one of only 13 oil, coal and natural gas. first!” Don’t be the one who can’t see Republicans who didn’t vote for a new We are now seeing the effects of the forest for the trees. The Steelworker Store is OPEN! Visit the USW online store! Our GI Bill, but instead remained AWOL dependence on foreign oil. The utility inventory contains union-made products from the U.S. and Canada. from the Senate vote. companies say natural gas prices could George M. C. Thompson Purchase shirts, hats, jackets, gifts and miscellaneous items showing your Retired, Local 2603 Steelworker pride. The bill, which eventually passed by double this winter. Gasoline is beyond a veto-proof majority in the House, $4 a gallon, and using our food as a gas Lackawanna, N.Y. International Dangers of Racial Prejudice AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka challenges the ensures tuition and other expenses at a substitute is no answer to the immediate Crucial Battle Executive Board labor movement to reject the divisive politics of race and support four-year public university for anyone problem. Leo W. Gerard When fewer workers 10 Barack Obama for president. We must defeat the Republicans at International President who has served in the military for at We hear that we have more oil, coal, the polls, or they will continue to hurt James D. English have unions, the standard least three years since the 2001 terrorist and natural gas reserves in the United working people and poor seniors. Let’s Int’l. Secretary-Treasurer of living falls for everyone attacks. States than all of the Middle East com- wake up and get involved before it’s too Thomas M. Conway “ Barack Obama has come to know the bined. We also have the ability to late. Surely we should know that most Int’l. Vice President and the gap between the stories of people from all walks of life, retrieve these resources, with no adverse (Administration) Republicans favor and appease the rich. including our men and women in uni- effects on the planet. Fred Redmond rich and poor grows. Will they send more jobs across the Int’l. Vice President Landry Named International Vice President form and that is why he voted YES to I’m sure we will eventually find alter- pond? Can we afford more leaders like (Human Affairs) John Sweeney Canadian activist Carol Landry is named International Vice the GI Bill which will help provide a native energy sources and solve global President at Large. She is the first woman to serve on the we have now? Ken Neumann AFL-CIO President better life for our 250,000 homeless vet- warming. But in the meantime we, steel- Nat’l. Dir. for Canada ” 11 USW’s International Executive Board. Clyde Rush erans. workers, will need oil, coal and natural Carol Landry McCain talks about supporting our gas to produce our steel. Munford, Tenn. Vice President at Large troops and veterans on the campaign We have the resources, the knowl- Jon Geenen FEATURES: trail, yet his indifference to this bill is a edge and the workers to make us inde- No Respect for Working Class Int’l. Vice President Speaking Out 03 sign of disrespect and negligence to the pendent of foreign oil. Step aside and There is much talk about how foreign Gary Beevers Trade Watch 26 countries are buying up American busi- Int’l. Vice President wishes of the men and women of armed let the American worker solve this prob- CAPITOL LETTERS 31 service. lem. nesses. But what about American com- James H. Dunn News Bytes Get Connected Associate Secretary-Treasurer 34 The USW unveils a redesigned Web site and launches a new panies buying up other assets in the We need to elect Senator Barack Daniel E. Kelly II Ron Hoover program to spread the word directly to cell phones. Obama as commander-in-chief to ensure United States, including the paper indus- Exec. Vice President (R/PIC) 16 Local 1014 try. those veterans get the support and Gary, Ind. Lewis Peacock ON COVER We’re being set up to fail. These Vice President (Organizing) THE opportunity they deserve. Democrat Barack Obama speaks by satellite to Sad State of Disrepair investors don’t give a hoot about whose James K. Phillips, Jr. the 2008 Constitutional Convention while Jerry Laycak, Local 1557 lives they play with and change forever, Vice President at Large International President Leo W. Gerard applauds. Former U.S. Marine Why a working man, especially a Photo by Steve Dietz. mostly for the worse. People are just a Directors West Mifflin, Pa. union working man, would ever vote number. There is no respect for the David R. McCall, District 1 Republican is beyond me. It is a sad working class in America. Michael Bolton, District 2 Importance of Regulations state of affairs when a steelworker single We need to clean up the “good old Stephen Hunt, District 3 Union people are victims of the later mother must decide between feeding her boy” network that we call our govern- William J. Pienta, District 4 Communications Staff: Volume 03/No.4 Labor Day 2008 stages of capitalism without rules. The children breakfast and putting gas in her Daniel Roy, District 5 Marco Trbovich, Assistant to the President Official publication of the United Steelworkers ment and stand up for all working Gary Hubbard, Director of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C. solution to our country’s crisis is an car to go to work. I’m retired. I have a Wayne Fraser, District 6 Direct Inquiries and articles for USW@Work to: Americans, even though it is a little late Wayne Ranick, Director of Communications economy that follows sound rules, social choice, at times, about whether I want or Jim Robinson, District 7 United Steelworkers for papermakers whose lives have been Jim McKay, Editor Ernest R.