United Steelworkers of America
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Duration: 1936 - Current (Africa solidarity work known in 1970s and 1980s)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
website: http://www.usw.org/
The Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) was formed in 1936 and in 1942 the name was changed to the United Steelworkers of America. The United Steelworkers of America was a sponsor of the Washington Office on Africa. The United Steelworkers of America opposed the import of steel from apartheid South Africa. (Source: The United Steelworkers of America website and documents on this website; and Washington Office on Africa documents on this website.)
