United Steelworkers (USW) District 1 includes the states of Michigan and Ohio.
Solvay is expanding its sulfone polymers chemical business in the U.S. Sulfone polymers are high-heat transparent plastics that can withstand prolonged exposure to water, chemicals and temperatures. Click to read more...
The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management appointed Local 689 President Herman Potter to a two-year term on the Portsmouth Site Specific Advisory Board.
In recent weeks, Districts began holding town hall meetings across the country, and we launched another membership survey so we can know where you stand on some of the biggest issues facing working Americans today. Click to read more...
President Joe Biden’s interim Build America, Buy America guidance will ensure that publicly funded infrastructure projects help to rebuild the nation’s manufacturing base, strengthen supply chains and support good-paying jobs for U.S. workers.
Local 12075-18 members work as chemical operators or in logistics. Trinseo was formerly known as Styron—Dow’s plastics and latex business—before Dow sold it to Bain Holdings in 2010.
A number of other USW locals at Dow sites already accepted the Total Rewards program including Local 12075 at the Midland West Side Complex, Local 88G at Bristol, Pa., and Local 7-507-11 at Elk Grove Village, Ill.
In honor of Women’s History Month, we are highlighting our very own members and their trailblazing stories.
Negotiations started Oct. 28, 2021, and the contract ended Nov. 20, 2021. Local 14919 members worked for months without a contract before the strike because the company refused to extend the existing agreement.
District 1 Director
Donnie Blatt