Standing and Ad-hoc Committees **President serves as Chairman of all Committees

While the USW has been labeled one of the best "activist" organizations in this country because of the amount of people we get involved in rallies, protests, elections and lobbying for issues that affect working people, we have learned that, in addition to our activism, we must also work to make our PAC stronger to compete with the forces that are trying to destroy the opportunities that working people have to make a future for their families and a better world for all of us to live in.

• Lisa Garner
• Charles Elliott
• Joey Bordelon
• Melvin Rox

This committee encompasses a diverse set of activities, issues and initiatives within the USW that are directed at moving women into activist roles at all levels of the union. Along with their involvement and energies, the culture of the USW continues to grow and proactively take on working women issues as part of its regular agenda.

• Sherry Guyton - Chairperson
• Latrease Jernigan
• Donzella James
• Lisa Garner
• Dori Hughes
• Cathy Strickland Clark

This system provides the necessary infrastructure to generate tremendous action on any given issue. Rapid Response Action Calls provide USW members with a way to respond to communications and education provided. Rapid Response also provides the necessary structure to activate the USW membership to provide for real change in our ability to influence the legislative process.

• Jim Knox ll - Coordinator
• Jeff Hewitt - Media Assistant
• Leo Robertson
• Sherry Guyton

Bylaws are the written rules and regulations framed or modified by this committee, accepted by the membership and approved by the United Steelworkers legal team.  

• Scott Dockery - Chairman
• Seth Kendrick
• Patrick Robinson
• Donzella James
• Decater Calvin
• David Farris Sr.
• Brent Edgeworth
• Jeffery Cothran

This committee shall promote the Institute for Career Development (ICD) program and encourage members to participate. Their primary responsibilities are to govern and gather information for the ICD program to educate members.

• Jim Knox ll (President)

West Alabama Labor Council, AFL-CIO is proud to be a key part of the nation's largest and strongest labor federation, the AFL-CIO; which unites 10.5 million working women and men of every race and ethnicity and from every walk of life.

• Sherry Guyton
• Jeff Hewitt
• Darius Lewis
• Brian 'Tadpole' James

The Civil and Human Rights Committee's goal is to handle discrimination problems and situations within the workplace related to civil rights and women's rights, to provide the local union representatives and members with updated information on the subject of human rights.

• Malcolm Giles
• Eric Rodgers
• Adrienne Dixon

This Committee discusses items of interest to the maintenance department and make recommendation to the negotiating committee.

• Jim Knox ll (President)
• Scott Dockery

The Time Study Engineers shall study job descriptions to ensure work loads are fair and equitable and to re-examine piecework rates that are implemented by the company.

• Jim Knox ll
• Darius Lewis

Workers' Compensation Committee The duty of this Committee shall be to assist and advise members having difficulty in collecting Workers' Compensation benefit

• Joey Bordelon
• Carl Hurst

You have a right to work in a workplace that does not make you hurt or sick. OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) requires employers to provide a workplace that is free of recognized hazards [Section 5(a)(1)]. 

You have a right to ask for and get information from your employer about:

      › chemicals used at work 

      › injuries and illnesses that happened at work to co-workers or past employees (including the log of injuries and illnesses)

      › your medical records, tests your employer has done to measure chemical, noise, and radiation levels....... Read more

• Jim Knox ll (President)
• Joey Bordelon (Health & Safety Rep
• Leo Robertson
• Donzella James