United Steelworkers of America

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_Steelworkers_of_America
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:USW
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Canadian_Labour_Congress
gptkb:AFL-CIO
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 2005
gptkbp:founded 1942
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Philip_Murray
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United Steelworkers of America
gptkbp:industry gptkb:steel
manufacturing
mining
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:John_L._Lewis
gptkb:Philip_Murray
gptkb:David_J._McDonald
gptkb:Leo_W._Gerard
gptkb:Lynn_R._Williams
gptkbp:membership over 1 million (at peak)
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:United_Steel,_Paper_and_Forestry,_Rubber,_Manufacturing,_Energy,_Allied_Industrial_and_Service_Workers_International_Union
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:1946_steel_strike
gptkb:1959_steel_strike
gptkb:1986_steel_strike
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Congress_of_Industrial_Organizations
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_Steelworkers
gptkbp:website https://www.usw.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philip_Murray
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5