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.
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The CSB is a fact-finding, independent agency that investigates industrial chemical incidents for their root causes. Policymakers, regulatory agencies and industry use the CSB’s work to make workplaces safer.
May will replace Hill as the North American representative on the forum, which has one participant from each of Solvay’s main production regions in China, South Korea, Brazil, India and the United States.
One company will include commodity chemicals and have nine U.S. plants. The second company will have nine U.S. sites and focus on chemical materials and items like specialty polymers that are more complex to manufacture.
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
