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A group of delegates gather in Cleveland, Ohio and create the USW. They also elect Philip Murray as their first president.
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Thousands of workers use solidarity, organization, and political and community support to establish the USW as the predomninant union in the steel factories of Canada.
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The week-long "Big" Steel Strike begins.
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One of the largest and most impactful strikes in the union's history commences.
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The USW helps to enact the Medical Insurance Act, the beginning of universal health care in Canada.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Act, lobbied for by the USW, becomes an act.
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The USW promoted, Employee Retiree Income Security Act, becomes an official act.
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A combination of steel companies and the USW launch national awareness of the importance American steel.
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Steelworkers participate in the "Battle of Seattle" helps to establish labor-environmental alliance against the globalization of steel companies. It helped to protect many jobs and made people aware of the environment.
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After a decade long push by the USW, the Westray Bill is finally passed into law, changing Canada's Criminal Code to make corporations, their directors and executives criminally accountable for putting workers' lives at risk.
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Some 4,000 workers from all over the U.S. joined together on Capitol Hill today to deliver more than 1.5 million petitions to Congress urging the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
