United Steelworkers Lead Mobilization Drive as American Unions Face Growing Vulnerability

Photograph Source: Nancy Pelosi – CC BY 2.0

In March 2025, hundreds of workers at the JSW Steel facility in Ohio became the latest to unionize under the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Though not the country’s largest union, its full name—the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied and Industrial and Service Workers International Union—reflects its expansive reach across multiple industries.

Recent organizing campaigns show the union’s growing reach across key sectors.