United Steelworkers (USW) District 13 includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler sent the letter to ExxonMobil's Board of Directors urging them to review the safety risks of continuing the operations in Beaumont with temporary workers during the lockout.
Breaux was a leader in his local at FINA refinery before accepting a position as a representative for The Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, which became PACE in 1999 then merged with the USW in 2005. He retired in 2014.
Union’s ‘We Supply America’ Bus Scheduled to Stop at USW Locals to Highlight Jobs, Community Benefits of Robust Investment
Under the law, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will create new performance standards for large aboveground storage tanks that are located at or are part of a petrochemical plant, petroleum refinery or a bulk storage terminal.
The labor community suffered an immeasurable loss today with the passing of Rich Trumka, a true friend of our union and of workers everywhere.
Workers across every facet of our economy, including hundreds of thousands of USW members, are ready and willing to help our nation meet its needs.
The purposes of the PRO Act are simple: to ensure workers can push for the changes we want to see at our jobs without fear of retaliation, and to strengthen workers’ rights to form a union and negotiate for those changes if we so choose.
Rapid Response is asking USW members across the country to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to vote YES for the PRO Act. Please call your senators at: 877-607-0785. (Remember, you have two senators, so be sure to make two calls!)
District 13 Director
Ruben Garza