The United Steelworkers (USW) established the Institute for Career Development (ICD) with the vision that workers must play a significant role in the design and development of their training and education and their work environments. ICD and the participating companies set the goal to help every worker attain their full potential, as an employee and as a human being.

At one point, they offered a class in poetry. The result was outstanding. The poetry eventually made it into print, with Studs Terkel writing the introduction. Next, they provided a playwriting class. Again, the result was beyond expectation. The ICD then decided to produce the plays under the program title, “Steelworkers on Stage.”

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