Executive Council Statement
Vice President George Becker
… of the United Steelworkers of America, is acknowledged and applauded as an outspoken and eloquent advocate of the right of men and women to organize a union and to speak out with a powerful and free voice in their workplaces, in their communities and in their country. A native of Granite City, Illinois, Becker began work in a steel mill there in 1944, and from that time, rose through the ranks of USWA Local 4804 to become its president. …