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Tell Corporate Insiders: Unfair Trade Kills
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Join us to confront these toxic traders and the corporate lobbyists at the Bush-administration-backed Import Safety Summit. Rally and Street Theater 12 Noon, July 9th Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW
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Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Monday, June 23, 2008
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) based in Washington, DC and Oakland, California, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, at a hearing on the “Discussion Draft of the ‘Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act’ Legislation: Device and Cosmetic Safety” on May 14, 2008. In alliance with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics the EWG seeks to tighten product safety standards in the personal care/cosmetics industry.
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Toxic Trader in Pittsburgh
Friday, June 20, 2008
The Toxic Trader showed its evil face in downtown Pittsburgh on Friday. The Toxic Avengers from the United Steelworkers were quick to stop the Trader in it's tracks. The Toxic Trader street performance has been seen in cities all over the country in an effort to expose unfair trade and dangerous products imposed on our communities.
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Toxic Trade- Tires From China
Monday, June 16, 2008
A defect on tires has links to China
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"Contaminated Without Consent"
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Chemical Safety Workgroup video
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Latest Press Releases

Workers to March Against Toxic Trade
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
McBush Trade Deals Blamed for Job Loss, Unsafe Products Trade
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USW Hosts Session to Demonstrate Testing Products for Lead
Friday, May 23, 2008
CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix, VI, May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) Women of Steel (WOS) is hosting a lead screening session to educate families about potentially toxic products and the bad trade policies that are allowing them into our homes. The product screenings are part of the USW's international "Protect Our Kids - Stop Toxic Imports" campaign.
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USW Calls on Presidential Candidates to Address China’s Trade
Thursday, March 20, 2008
PITTSBURGH - The United Steelworkers (USW) is asking the presidential candidates how they plan to address unfair trade policies with China and other countries, policies that are feeding the nation’s economic woes, harming the environment and endangering consumers.
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40 States, 100 Members of Congress, 100 Million Children
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
United Steelworkers (USW) Take Fight To Local Congressional Offices National Day of Action on Toxic Trade, Jan 16
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Toxic toy law misses big picture. Steelworkers say it focuses on symptom, not disease
Monday, December 17, 2007
Toronto—Proposed legislation on toxic toys ignores the root problem, the United Steelworkers (USW) union said today. It overlooks where and how toxic toys are made, focusing on the symptom more than the disease.
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