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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Steelworkers Union Crusades Against Toxic Trade to Protect Kids from Lead Toys, Products this Holiday Season
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
PITTSBURGH – As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, the United Steelworkers is hosting “Safe Home Sessions” in 17 cities across the country to educate families about how to screen for lead contaminants in toys and other products. With the massive toy recalls parents and grandparents across the country are extremely concerned about toxins that kids are being exposed to every day.
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Kids’ Bracelet Contains Extremely Toxic Cadmium CSPC not interested in “new public health threat”
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
PITTSBURGH - The United Steelworkers (USW) today said the latest toxic toy discovery – extremely high levels of poisonous cadmium in an imported kids’ charm bracelet – is more proof that the nation’s failed trade policies and a broken regulatory system are putting children at risk and must immediately be fixed.
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Make products safer by making them in Canada: Steelworkers
Thursday, November 08, 2007
OTTAWA — This holiday shopping season, a rising dollar isn’t the only thing on families’ minds. In response to recalls of two million unsafe toys, the United Steelworkers (USW) today called on MPs to give some teeth to the Throne Speech promise to make imported products safer, starting with importer-paid safety tests at the border.
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USW Assails Consumer Agency’s Misguided Focus
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Pittsburgh – The United Steelworkers (USW) today assailed the U.S. Consumer Protection Safety Commission (CPSC) for “its misguided attempt to represent the commercial interests of corporations over those of consumers” by conducting and publicizing a study that minimizes the effectiveness of home lead testing kits.
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USW Launches North American Awareness Campaign to Combat Toxic Imports
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. _ The United Steelworkers (USW) today launched a major public awareness and lead screening campaign to combat the massive influx of toxic imports endangering North American families.
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