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SAVING BUTLER: UAW MEMBERS FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF A PENNSYLVANIA STEEL TOWN
Workers at the Cleveland Cliffs Butler Works steel mill in Butler, PA, are speaking out about a proposed Department of Energy rule that threatens good union jobs at the mill. In a new video, UAW Local 3303 members describe the fight to save jobs for the 1,100 workers at the plant who produce grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) used for electric vehicles and EV chargers.
Carbon tax plan called a 'disastrous' gift to Ohio, West Virginia
If Gov. Josh Shapiro thought his replacement carbon tax plan would assuage his critics, he dramatically miscalculated. After laying out his proposal for a Pennsylvania-specific version of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on Wednesday, Shapiro argued doing nothing is not an option.
United Steelworkers and Other Unions Petition the Biden Administration to Investigate China’s Shipbuilding Practices
The United Steelworkers (USW) joined with several other trade unions on Tuesday to officially file a “Section 301” petition urging the Biden administration to launch an investigation into China’s commercial shipbuilding.
Matt Smith, Darrin Kelly and Greg Bernarding: Seizing Western Pa.’s unique hydrogen opportunity
While proudly recognizing its industrial past — which helped to build our region and the modern world — Pittsburgh has emerged as a beacon of transformation primed to redefine America’s cleaner energy future. Think about it: President Biden’s plan to tackle climate change demands swift economy-wide decarbonization, creating and preserving good-paying union jobs, and boosting resilience to ensure the energy transition delivers the improved economic and environmental conditions we all want to see for southwestern Pennsylvania. These are the exact challenges Pittsburghers were born to solve. We have done it before, and we are ready to do it again.
Rep. Smucker introduces legislation to fund workforce training initiatives
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced legislation to fund workforce training initiatives with federal funding. The legislation, the Reduce Duplication and Improve Access to Work Act (H.R. 7446), was co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and would allow states to use a portion of the funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program on workforce training programs organized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WOIA).
MANCHIN, COLLEAGUES CALL ON PRESIDENT TO REJECT THREE PROPOSED REGULATIONS THAT WOULD DEVASTATE DOMESTIC STEEL INDUSTRY
Yesterday, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Fetterman (D-PA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) called on U.S. President Joe Biden to reverse course and oppose three proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that would devastate the U.S. domestic steel industry and threaten American jobs.
Rep. Smucker introduces legislation to fund workforce training initiatives
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) introduced legislation to fund workforce training initiatives with federal funding. The legislation, the Reduce Duplication and Improve Access to Work Act (H.R. 7446), was co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and would allow states to use a portion of the funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program on workforce training programs organized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WOIA).
Commentary: Free enterprise innovation drives emissions reductions
As South Carolinians know, we make steel here. Steel that is exceptional. Steel that is highly carbon efficient compared to steel produced in heavily polluting countries like China. Currently, the United States ranks second-lowest for average embodied carbon intensity among major steel producers.
HOW GERMANY’S STEELMAKERS PLAN TO GO GREEN
In the depths below every iron-producing blast furnace lurks a salamander — an angry black and yellow mix of boiling iron, slag and coke, so named owing to the ancient belief that the amphibians were born in fires. “It’s the heart,” explains René Rockstroh, operations director of the blast furnaces at German steelmaker Salzgitter, as he wanders around an eerily quiet oven that would normally be filled with liquid iron at 1,500C.
Supreme Court likely to block EPA ozone regulation
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to a group of states, companies, and trade associations seeking to temporarily block a rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce air pollution from power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states that do not want to adjust their emissions policies. During approximately 90 minutes of oral arguments, the court’s conservative justices voiced skepticism about the process that the EPA followed in implementing the rule, while the court’s liberal justices questioned the wisdom of putting the rule on hold before any lower court has had a chance to weigh in.
US steel worker sounds off as WV tin plant shuts its doors, putting 900 jobs on the line: 'Total travesty'
A West Virginia steelworkers’ union president is livid over the International Trade Commission’s decision against tariffs on foreign tin imports, a verdict that could shutter the doors of a mill in the Mountain State and put nearly 1,000 jobs at risk.
United Steelworkers: Unfair trade cost Weirton tinplate plant jobs
United Steelworkers International President David McCall blamed the International Trade Commission and dumping by foreign companies for Thursday’s indefinite idling of a Weirton tinplate manufacturing plant. McCall said foreign suppliers of tinplate, which is rolled steel that is made into cans among other uses, want to see the domestic industry destroyed.
CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE HUB SEEKS 80,000 ACRES ACROSS WESTERN PA, OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA
Landmen are knocking on doors again in southwestern Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and West Virginia. This time, it’s not to make deals for what’s already in the ground, but for the empty spaces that could hold the region’s industrial waste — the carbon dioxide that comes out of smokestacks across the tri-state region.
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development announces $4M grant to help women, minorities pursue construction trades careers
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) recently announced $4 million in available funding through the New Jersey Builders Utilization Initiative for Labor Diversity program (NJBUILD) to increase access to construction trades careers for women and minority groups.
Shapiro's budget plan: Stop losing to 'friggin' Ohio'
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget address again touted major spending for education, a statewide economic investment plan and significant funding for public transit.
Another Study Finds Automakers are “Asleep at the Wheel” When It Comes to Forced Uyghur Labor
The 99-page report from Human Rights Watch concludes many car companies “have succumbed to Chinese government pressure to apply weaker human rights and responsible sourcing standards at their Chinese joint ventures.”