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How a union for 60,000 steel workers became a force in US politics

The USW has inserted itself into the election, US-China relations and a $14.9bn cross-border deal

The economy of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has grown far beyond its steel industry roots. Yet when President Joe Biden visited on Wednesday, his only stop was to the headquarters of the United Steelworkers. 

The labour union’s base provided a fitting backdrop for the president to announce a push for higher tariffs on imported Chinese steel. China’s heavily subsidised steel and aluminium makers have flooded global markets with discounted metals, costing Pennsylvania jobs, he said.

But Biden had a second message as he addressed the cameras, flanked by workers holding USW signs: that US Steel, the Pittsburgh-based American industrial icon, should remain “American-owned, American-operated by American union steelworkers — the best in the world”.

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