The United Steelworkers represents the most workers in the North American chemical industry. The chemical sector is one of the largest sectors within the international union with approximately 30,000 chemical workers being represented. The union’s chemical units include traditional chemical plants, petrochemical units and chemical end products manufacturing.
Local 7-209-09 members at Solvay’s Blue Island, Ill., plant negotiated a three-year agreement with wage and benefit increases right before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the U.S. hard.
The online meeting drew 175 union leaders from chemical and pharmaceutical sectors in 40 countries.
The petition argues that the Environmental Protection Agency did not fulfill its obligations under the 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act with regard to fully measuring the dangers associated with the chemical.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a video safety message and a safety alert to help guide workers and their employers through extreme weather events.
Learn all about the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program, what employers are required to do, what are your rights, and what is/is not allowed when background checks are done of workers.
Thousands of oil and chemical spills of varying size and magnitude occur in the United States each year. A recent spill of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol into the Elk River in early January 2014 ... more
