UALE Summer School for Union Women : Women in Non-Traditional Jobs

Women of steel is an activist-arm of the USW that evolved from the early women’s caucuses that demanded that women have their rightful place in our union. Originally, WOS was designed as a Leadership Course for union sisters to learn how the union works and is still offered in each district annually, but now, the USW Constitution requires that each local union with female members establish a Local Union Women’s Committee. All female members of the USW are considered Women of Steel regardless of their union-position or the industry or service they work in, some are activists, and some serve on their local’s Women’s Committee.

Founded in 1992, the Labor Project for Working Families (Labor Project) is a national non-profit organization that builds alliances between unions, advocacy and community groups to advance and implement family-friendly workplace policies such as family leave, paid sick days and worker-controlled flexibility.

The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) was founded in 2007 by leading domestic manufacturers and the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest industrial union, with a simple mission: strengthen American manufacturing through smart public policies.

Published January 2014, by Lois S. Gray and Maria Figeroa of the Worker Institute, Cornell University ILR School. Funded by the Berger-Marks Foundation

Published May 2015,by Jane LaTour in consultation with Lois S. Gray and Maria Figeroa of the Worker Institute, Cornell University ILR School.