Mining, refining and the smelting of ore into metals are at the foundation of industrial development.

Our focus is on the predicaments ASARCO’s unions face as they guide members through challenging shifts in the company's mode of operating.

This union movement explored new strategies to strengthen labor communities and played a major role in coalitions and solidarity movements.

The USW began meeting with environmental groups to create the Blue-Green Alliance for “good jobs, clean environment and a green economy."

The USW and its Mexican sister union are shaping a cross-border solidarity movement.