VIDEOS

Let Me Accompany You

The policies and philosophy of “accompaniment” had its strongest proponent in Alice and Staughton Lynd,

who’s book On Accompaniment inspired this song. According to the Lynds, walking side by side with the

working-class and oppressed people, listening to them, and treating them as equals, was a much more effective

and respectful approach than walking in front of, preaching, lecturing, and talking down to folks.

In my organizing these days, especially with the working class victims of the Norfolk Southern train

derailment, I strive to apply this fundamental principle. – Mike Stout

Women of Steel

This music video, “Women of Steel” composed and performed by Mike Stout, honors the United Steelworkers’ Women of Steel. When women started working in the steel mills and related industries in the 1970s and 1980s, they faced discrimination, prejudice, harassment and often impossible odds. They joined the steelworkers union and fought for equal pay and rights, and equal treatment on the job. They became a powerful force demanding pregnancy benefits, their own locker rooms and bathrooms, and forged a solidarity amongst themselves paving the way for future steelworkers. They are amongst the true pioneers of the union movement in the USA. Their story needs to reach millions.

Stand Up For East Palestine

We are the Rank and File

Time for a General Strike

In The News

Feeling abandoned, community contaminated by a toxic train decides,
‘We only have ourselves’

By Steve Mellon
June 29, 2025

Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years

A Book by Mike Stout

Profusely illustrated with dozens of photographs, Homestead Steel Mill—the Final Ten Years is labor history at its best, providing a vivid account of how ordinary workers can radicalize their unions.

Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years is a new book written by Mike Stout, chronicling his experience in the takeover and restructuring of the union’s grievance procedure at Homestead by regular workers and put at the service of its thousands of members.