U.S., Canadian and Mexican Workers want a Single Union

'The United Steelworkers (USW) and the National Union of Mine, Metal, Steel, and Allied Workers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMSRM, or “Mineros”) met December 10, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada to move forward on their joint commitment to, as they agreed in June of this year, “propose immediate measures to increase strategic cooperation between our organizations as well as the steps required to form a unified organization.” As the two unions committed then, a joint committee of members of the Executive Boards of both unions was formed and, following intensive communication over the past months, met together to agree on concrete the next steps.'

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