Episode 26 - Holding China accountable for its unfair trade practices.

Holding China accountable for its unfair trade practices that have led to the loss of thousands of North American paper jobs is at the core of an important trade case in Washington, D.C. Hear members of the USW legislative and legal teams discuss the issue in this episode.

We also catch up with presidential candidate John Edwards during a stop on his poverty tour, and we visit with the son of a Steelworker whose blue-collar roots are the inspiration for his Grammy-award winning music.

The Creep of the Week highlights another questionable decision by the White House – and this one is putting American consumers at risk. Listen

Episode 25 - USW Presidential Forum

If you couldn’t make it to the recent USW Presidential Forum on Renewing Manufacturing in Cleveland, you can get caught up on all the news in this week’s POWERcast. Former Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich share their ideas for bringing good jobs back to America and discuss their agendas for working families.

There’s also a report on the first Battle of Homestead Bernie Kleiman lecture at Pittsburgh’s Pump House where former USW president Lynn Williams delivered the inaugural speech. And the Creep of the Week is another example of how Wall Street has a monopoly on media coverage. Listen

Episode 24 - Free Trade

In this week’s POWERcast , we go inside a big decision by congressional leaders on the trade front. It’s a big win for workers. We touch base with former Steelworkers’ President Lynn Williams, who shares his insightful thoughts about labor’s role in the future in a renewed progressive movement.

At the end of the broadcast we reveal the Creep of the Week – a mouthpiece for many of the world’s biggest businesses that think the bottom line is more important than human rights. Listen

Episode 23 - Latest on the Employee Free Choice Act

This week’s POWERcast brings you the latest on the Employee Free Choice Act and takes you to the Pennsylvania Statehouse, where Governor Ed Rendell is taking smart steps toward building a clean energy industry that works for workers and the environment.

You’ll hear why some of the presidential candidates are making the union vote a priority. And the Creep of the Week is an absolutely outrageous oversight that may have cost people their lives. Listen

Episode 22 - Employee Free Choice Act

This week’s POWERcast is on the scene. We bring you reports from our nation’s Capitol that gives you the latest Employee Free Choice Act news as well as a story from the Take Back America conference. We’re there in Philadelphia for an important discussion on diversity in the labor movement, and we travel to England with USW President Leo W. Gerard who spoke to a Unite the Union conference about the exciting possibilities of forming a powerful global partnership with Great Britain and Ireland ’s biggest trade union. The Creep of the Week is proof that an Ivy League resume doesn’t always guarantee the smartest ideas. Listen

Episode 21 - Global Agenda

This week’s POWERcast is jammed packed with information. USW’s National Director for Canada Ken Neumann answers some of the many questions surrounding the union’s global agenda. There’s a heart-breaking story about thousands of former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant workers who have been denied compensation and medical care for their cancers. W e hear from two Women of Steel who are part of the USW delegation attending important union diversity discussions being held around the nation. And no one has deserved the Creep of the Week more than this week’s recipient, whose recent decision is not only wrong but potentially deadly. Listen

Episode 20 - Preparing for the 2008 Elections.

This week’s POWERcast provides a glimpse into the important work already underway to prepare for the 2008 election. We hear from labor leaders about what you can do now to become a part of it. You’ll also get a preview of the upcoming Take Back America conference in Washington, D.C., where several USW members will be among the activists gathering to talk about a new direction for America. The Creep of the Week – more evidence of a broken executive compensation system - will get your blood pressure sky-high. Listen