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5 Starbucks shops in Ontario ratify first collective agreements • May 12, 2025, 5:13 AM ET (CBC)
Former Michigan steelworkers union president sentenced for stealing $58,000 • Apr. 30, 2025, 11:55 AM ET (CBS)
ATI Says Employees Ratify New Labor Deal with United Steelworkers • Apr. 23, 2025, 3:10 AM ET (MarketWatch)

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Also Known As USW • SWOC • United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union • Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Date 1936 - present
Areas Of Involvement steel • aluminum • metal
Related People Philip Murray

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