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- 1Locked-Out BP Workers Picket Outside Indiana Refinery●Locked Out BP Workers Picket Outside Indiana Refinery Amid Labor Contract Dispute
Workers locked out by BP are picketing outside the company's refinery in Indiana amid an ongoing labor contract dispute. The employees, prevented from entering the facility, are protesting the terms of a stalled contract negotiation. United Steelworkers representatives have been involved in refining-sector bargaining, and the standoff highlights continuing tensions over wages and working conditions at major US refineries.
- 21,400 Solar Manufacturing Workers in Michigan Unionize with Steelworkers●1,400 Solar Manufacturing Workers In Michigan ‘Go Union,’ Join the United Steelworkers
Around 1,400 solar manufacturing workers in Michigan have voted to join the United Steelworkers, organizing a union at their plant. The move adds a significant bloc of workers in the growing clean energy manufacturing sector to organized labor. Labor outlets are highlighting the victory as evidence that the renewable energy boom is bringing union jobs, with the Steelworkers expanding beyond their traditional metals and industrial base.