Union Calls upon CPU to Drop Board Charges, Build Solidarity

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the union has reached tentative agreement on a new, six-year collective bargaining agreement on behalf of 900 hourly production and maintenance employees at MeadWestvaco.

The union also called upon the Covington Paperworkers Union (CPU) to drop charges it filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the company earlier this month for bargaining with the USW, which remains the only Board-recognized bargaining representative of these workers at the plant ... more