The United Steelworkers a ghost of what they use to be.

The other day, I read in the newspaper the United Steelworkers( USW) had come to agreement with Steel companies of America. It went unnoticed, how different it was 1959 when strike by  USW could close the country down. Richard Nixon knew it, and despite being A Republican he medicated a deal that was very much what the Union wanted. For fear a strike in 1960 when running for President, of course, despite Nixon's giving the Union what wanted in the deal, the Union supported JFK for President in 1960.
Many claim the 1959 deal was beginning of end the Steel industry in the U.S.A being the dominate force and in long ran it hurt Union. Has Steel industry decline and so important on the economy wasn't so much the power of Union to cause upheaval in American economy was gone. One proof of that is people knew the name David McDonald and I.W Abel as President of the USW does anyone know name of present President of Union? It's Leo Gerard. It shows the by gone era of heavy industrial.