United Steelworkers (USW) District 7 includes the states of Indiana and Illinois.
Workers and management at Solvay’s University Park, Ill., plant are more aware of potential health and safety problems since they received USW training on hazard mapping last October during the facility’s annual safety day.
Solvay workers can breathe freely at the company’s University Park, Ill., plant now that management has completed phase one of the exhaust and ventilation system.
Union Plus Mortgage Company is a new mortgage brokerage company founded and owned by the labor movement to support union members with mortgages when they buy a home or refinance their current loan.
When management at Solvay’s Chicago Heights plant reinterpreted contract language regarding safety shoe reimbursement and unilaterally implemented its new policy, Local 7-765-01 took action.
District 7 Director
Mike Millsap