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Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Coated and Uncoated Paper Imports

Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Coated and Uncoated Paper Imports – An Update on our Continuing Work on Trade in the Paper Sector –

USW Local 787 – Rayonier Advanced Materials – Jessup, GA – Subcontracting Arbitration Award

The employer subcontracted maintenance work. 7 of 14 maintenance support utility workers
had retired and the employer had not filled the vacancies. When the employer

ND Paper to Acquire Resolute Forest Products Recycled Bleached Kraft Pulp Mill in Fairmont, WV for $55 Million

Resolute Forest Products announced that it will be selling its recycled bleached kraft pulp mill in Fairmont, WV to ND Paper for $55 million.

USW Local 2-1010 – Graphic Packaging – Kalamazoo, MI – Incompetence

The employer discharged the grievant incompetence – cutting a strap on a roll with a blade, cutting a wire that resulted in $25,000 damage. Only supervisors were supposed to cut straps, and were supposed to use scissors. It was the fifth violation in 12 months, three had been for carelessness. The grievant could not contradict the employer’s assertion that he should have known the SOP. The grievant was attempting to bid into a position that represented a demotion right before he was fired. The grievant’s inability to do the job should have figured into his job bid.

IndustriALL Opposes Anti-Worker Trade Agreements

Some 1,245 delegates from 99 countries at the Second Congress of IndustriALL Global Union in Rio de Janeiro took a strong stand against trade agreements that fail to protect the rights of workers, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Millions of Men Are Missing From the Job Market

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Credit Rachel Levit

Economists have long struggled to explain why a growing proportion of men in the prime of their lives are not employed or looking for work. A new study has found that nearly half of these men are on painkillers and many are disabled.

Welder Who Died At Gary Steel Mill Thought His Workplace Was ‘Getting Dangerous,’ Wife Says

GARY, Ind. (CBS) — A welder who died at the Gary Works steel mill Friday had been looking for another because he thought his current workplace was getting unsafe, his wife tells CBS 2.

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Jonathan Arizzola (courtesy: Arizzola family)

USW Local 1259-2 – WestRock – Minneapolis, MN

Safety Violation Arbitration Win

A Message from Vice President, Jon Geenen

Importance of Adhering to USW National Paper Bargaining Policy

Novelis once again appealing labor board ruling

The plant is accused of widespread unfair labor practices

 The United Steelworkers Union is demanding that Novelis in Oswego County comply with an order from the National Labor Relations Board to recognize and bargain with the union.

On Friday, the board maintained a judge's decision that the company interfered in a union election.

Novelis says it is challenging the NLRB's decision once again:

AF&PA Sustainability Report – Letters to the Editor

As previously reported, the AF&PA Sustainability Report was released last month and it provides a good opportunity to highlight the work that the paper industry has, and continues, to do around biomass and renewable energy. The economic health of the U.S. paper and wood products manufacturing industry is vital to its sustainable future. Our industry depends on natural resources and has a strong role in maintaining and improving the natural resources used to make products and assure their availability for future generations.