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Tom Conway

Tom Conway is the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW).

The General Motors Flint Assembly plant is viewed on May 18, 2020 in Flint, Michigan. This plant produces heavy-duty Chevrolet and GMC Sierra trucks. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)

Rebuilding U.S. manufacturing is the only path to an economic renaissance

Tom Conway
A collapsed bridge in Mexico Beach, Florida on October 12, 2018, two days after Hurricane Michael struck. (Charlotte Kesl for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why America needs new infrastructure to survive

Tom Conway
The US Department of Labor building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (ALASTAIR PIKE/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. labor laws need a major update — and the PRO Act is a great start

Tom Conway
Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Georgia voters can transform America’s future

Tom Conway
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

How Mitch McConnell flouts the will of the American people

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People watch the voting results at Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's election night event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center November 9, 2016 in New York City. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Why the election represented an unprecedented exercise in democracy

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How Donald Trump is undermining the will of the American people

Tom Conway
Donald Trump on "Fox & Friends" (Fox News)

How Donald Trump threatens the retirement of every American worker

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Brett Kavanaugh; Donald Trump (Getty/Salon)

How Donald Trump intends to weaponize the Supreme Court against ordinary Americans

Tom Conway
US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect May 5, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Trump’s promise to save manufacturing was one he never intended to keep

Tom Conway
A nurse applies a vaccine to her patient (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Getty Images)

How America continues to fail the health care workers battling the pandemic

Tom Conway
President Donald Trump talks to journalists during a news conference about his administration's response to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House July 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. This is the second briefing the president has given in as many days. Poll numbers about his handling of COVID-19 have been falling as cases of deadly virus have spiked across the country. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How Donald Trump abandoned America’s workers when they needed him the most

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Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary (JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots are a desperate attempt to undermine democracy

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Mitch McConnell’s callous indifference leaves ordinary Americans’ welfare at risk

Tom Conway
U.S. President Donald Trump, Microsoft CEO Stya Nadella and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos attend a meeting of the American Technology Council in the State Dining Room of the White House June 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Americans are being bilked out of billions during this pandemic from cynical profiteers

Tom Conway
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd gathered at the Local 18 Richfield Facility of the Operating Engineers Apprentice and Training, a union and apprentice training center specializing in the repair and operation of heavy equipment on March 29, 2018 in Richfield, Ohio. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Trump pretends to like union members — but he really likes the fat cats

Tom Conway
President Donald Trump speaks about infrastructure at the Department of Transportation, Friday, June 9, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump promised massive infrastructure projects — instead we’ve gotten nothing

Tom Conway