April 28th 1971, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act promising every worker the right to a safe job. Every year on this date we observe Worker’s Memorial Day. This day is to remember those who have died, been injured or made ill by their work.  It is also a day to reinvigorate all of us in our never-ending campaign to return safely home to the ones who love us the most.

31 precious lives have been lost in our plant since 1967. 31 families have been forever changed. We must remember them every day. We must strive to do better. We owe it to them. We owe it to their families. We owe it to the men and women working here today and we owe it to the next generation of workers to ensure they did not die in vain.

As the years go by, the memory of our fallen Brothers and Sisters are carried on. Their cause will never fail. We have picked up the struggle of our departed. While steel will no longer reach its temper from their sweat and blood, they remain in our conscience and our hearts to help us remain consistent with the realities of working-class life.

We can’t change the past, the fatalities, the injuries or industrial disease, but we can change the future for the better. If we don’t, who will?

In Solidarity on this Somber Day,

Pete Trinidad Sr. 
USW Local 6787 President

In Remembrance of Our Fallen Brothers and Sisters

Donald Beschinski                             Hot Strip Mill                                    August 26, 1967      
John Plavchak                                     Hot Strip Mill                                    September 2, 1967
Eugene Barnes                                   Yards & Trans                                   September 11, 1969
Larry Nichols                                      Slab Mill                                             March 27, 1970
Daniel Villagran                                  Iron Producing                                 August 24, 1970
Richard Neill                                       Yards & Trans                                   December 16, 1971
George Pasa                                       Hot Strip Mill                                     July 18, 1974
Jeff Fravel                                            Coke Ovens                                        July 27, 1977
David Reeves                                      Steelmaking                                       September 29, 1978
George Tremmel                                Blast Furnace                                    May 23, 1979
Tyron Bolden                                      Blast Furnace                                    May 24, 1979
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