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- proper noun US, labor union
Initialism of United Steelworkers
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Examples
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China steel environmental report sponsored by the Alliance for American Manufacturing, in which the USW is a partner with several major employers.
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Union bosses in AFL-CIO unions like the USW are another story, but it’s the rank-and-file members who are the main beneficiaries of a strike relief fund.
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Here's some attire-based perspective on Opera Cabal's "USW": We recently mentioned the relative adventurousness of Chicago Opera Theater compared to the Lyric Opera.
Chicagoist Alexander Hough 2010
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Whether you'll enjoy "USW" will be based largely on either how much you like contemporary art or how open you are to new things.
Chicagoist Alexander Hough 2010
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The United Steelworkers Union ( "USW") filed a petition on September 9 demanding that the Obama
Center for International Finance & Development Kelsie Brandlee 2010
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Whether you'll enjoy this performance is not based on how much you like opera - "USW" is less "The Marriage of Figaro" and more "Einstein on the Beach," although even more abstract (and, mercifully, not five hours long).
Chicagoist Alexander Hough 2010
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Workers and their allies presented to Congress some of the 1.5 million signatures in support of the Employee Free Choice Act in a rally on Capitol Hill, along with union leaders and lawmakers such as USW President Leo Gerard and Sen. Tom Harkin
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"No matter how good your investment performance is, you are not going to be able to keep up with health-care inflation," says Tom Conway , vice president of the USW.
Pension Trusts Strapped Sharon Terlep 2011
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The USW's last national labor action was a three-month strike called in January 1980.
Refiners, Union Reach Agreement Ben Lefebvre 2012
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"For us, it was the promise to invest in their plants and getting the $1 billion needed to cover our retiree health care costs that was the turning point," said USW vice president Tom Conway .
Goodyear Rides Again Jeff Bennett 2011
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