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Union Victory at SunCoke

Workers at the new coke ovens Gateway Energy ( Suncoke) voted 61% in favor for the United Steelworkers to be there bargaining representatives on June 16 2010. They are preparing for negotiations and are currently in the process of confirming dates for meetings. Suncoke members will be an amalgamated unit of Local 50. Local 50 represents The Coke and Ironmaking portion of U.S. Steel. With the addition of Suncoke Local 50's membership will be around 610-630 members.

WELCOME to the new USW members at Suncoke and CONGRATS to Local 50!!

RALLY IN METROPOLIS, IL

CALL THE USW OFFICE 618-452-1130 FOR MORE INFO

SOAR was established in 1985 to organically link the USW’s active members with those in retirement so that both can work on common problems.

This Chapter is composed of members from local unions in Southern Illinois (Sub 2).  Like most SOAR chapters, we come from many backgrounds -steel, rubber, aluminum, grain, paper, public sector and many others. Like the Seal of the United States of America - E Plurbus Unum ("FromMany - We Are ONE").