STEELWORKER STORE Visit www.usw.org or www.usw.ca today! View the new catalog on the USW web site and select the "Steelworker Store" button. INSIDEUSW@WORK 06 Tire Industry Challenges Continental Tire North America cut wages and retiree benefits, eliminated military pay for reservists and is ending tire production at its USW-represented factory in North Carolina. Order online, download an order form to mail in OR Call 1-888-SAY-USW2 (1-888-729-8792) The Steelworker Store is OPEN! Announcing the new USW CATALOG for all members, family and friends. Our catalog contains union-made products from the U.S. and Canada. Purchase shirts, hats, jackets, gifts and miscellaneous items showing your Steelworker pride. 12 Sweatshops Uncovered The USW-backed <strong>National</strong> Labor Committee unmasks modern-day slavery in the Middle Eastern Country of Jordan, exposing the dirty underbelly of global trade. International Executive Board Leo W. Gerard International President James D. English Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond Vice President Thomas M. Conway Vice President Ken Neumann Nat’l. Dir. for Canada Vice Presidents Richard LaCosse James E. Pannell Ron Hoover “ It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic modern nation that it has free and independent labor unions. ” President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. 9/11/1940 20 21 Medco Lockout Ended After being illegally locked out for 49 days at Medco Health Solutions, members of <strong>United</strong> Steelworkers Local 675 are back at work in Las Vegas with a new three-year contract. Alcoa Agenda Thwarted After months of campaigning, 9,000 Alcoa workers at 15 Master Agreement plants end up with a proposed labor agreement that beat back concession demands and raised wages. Vice Presidents James H. Dunn James K. Phillips, Jr. Lewis Peacock Directors David R. McCall, District 1 Jon Geenen, District 2 Steve Hunt, District 3 William J. Pienta, District 4 Michel Arsenault, District 5 Wayne Fraser, District 6 Jim Robinson, District 7 Ernest R. Thompson, District 8 Connie Entrekin, District 9 John DeFazio, District 10 Robert Bratulich, District 11 Terry Bonds, District 12 Gary Beevers, District 13 Co-Directors Gerald P. Johnston, District 1 Gary B. Cook, District 4 William R. Gibbons, District 7 Robert Smith, District 8 Lloyd Walters, District 9 Donald L. Langham, District 9 Kenneth O. Test, District 10 Roger Heiser, District 12 ONTHECOVER Continental Tire North America’s Headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo by LOF Productions/John Daughtry) Communications Staff: Marco Trbovich, Assistant to the President/Communications Gary Hubbard, Director of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C. Jim McKay, Editor Aaron Hudson and Kenny Carlisle, Designers Lynne Baker, Jim Coleman, Gerald Dickey, John Duray, Emily Jefferson, Marcia McGee, Deborah Davidek, Joanne Powers, Wayne Ranick, Frank Romano Contributors: Holly Hart, Tony Montana, Howard Scott, Don Shaffer Features: Speaking Out CAPITOL LETTERS Worker Economics News Bytes Volume 01/No.3 Summer 2006 Official publication of the <strong>United</strong> Steelworkers Direct Inquiries and articles for <strong>USW@Work</strong> to: <strong>United</strong> Steelworkers Communications Department Five Gateway Center Pittsburgh, PA 15222 phone 412-562-2400 fax 412-562-2445 on-line: www.usw.org <strong>USW@Work</strong> (ISSN 0883-3141) is published five times a year by the <strong>United</strong> Steelworkers AFL-CIO•CLC Five Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Subscriptions to non-members: $12 for one year; $20 for two years. Periodicals postage paid at Pittsburgh, PA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: <strong>USW@Work</strong>, USW Membership Department, 1440 South Byrne Road, Toledo, OH 43614 Copyright 2006 by <strong>United</strong> Steelworkers, AFL-CIO•CLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written consent of the <strong>United</strong> Steelworkers. 03 18 26 32 2 summer 2006 • <strong>USW@Work</strong>