UNIONS REPRESENTING WORKERS IN CANADA, MEXICO, AND U.S. EXPLORE MERGER http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/labotz280610.html

The United Steelworkers (USW), which represents 850,000 workers in Canada, the Caribbean, and the United States, and the National Union of Miners and Metal Workers (SNTMMSRM), known as the Mineros, which represents 180,000 workers in Mexico, have announced plans to explore uniting into one international union. The agreement to begin exploration of a merger was signed on June 21.