Women of Steel is an activist-arm of the USW that evolved from the early women’s caucuses that demanded that women have their rightful place in our union. The USW Constitution requires that each local union with female members establish a Local Union Women’s Committee. All female-identifying members of the USW are considered Women of Steel regardless of their union position or the industry or service they work in; some are activists, and some serve on their local’s Women’s Comittee.