District 1 Updates

United Steelworkers District 1 Women of Steel Scholarship Committee met Friday, June 27^th to select the 2025 scholarship recipients.  Seventeen (17) applications were reviewed by the Committee before they randomly selected winners from the eligible applicants.

District 1 Women of Steel Scholarships were awarded as follows:

Academic Scholarships ($2,000 each):

• Mehki Harris, son of Lataya Ellis, Pontiac, MI, Local 690 L
• Ava Kemp, daughter of Michael Kemp, Canton, OH, Local 1123

Technical Scholarship ($1,500 each):

• Ava Lindner, daughter of Shawn Lindner, Canton, OH, Local 1123

Essay Scholarship ($2,000 each)

• Zoey Maxwell, daughter of Matthew Maxwell, Canton, OH, Local 1123

The Committer members are Isabel Anzures-Barth, Christy Collins, Vickie Stage, Sonja Pachesny, and Coordinators Teresa Cassady and Tonya DeVore.

The USW has a proud and long-standing relationship with the 70,000 members in represents in Ohio – from the steel mills of the North Shore of Lake Erie to the brass producers in the far northwest corner of the State to the school district employees in Muskingum County to the utility workers in Cincinnati and the coke plant workers in Haverhill.

Our workers in District 1 include hospital employees at Akron General Medical Center, paper mill workers in Chillicothe, nuclear services workers in Piketon, oil refinery workers in Toledo as well as tire makers at Goodyear, Firestone and Cooper, and staff members at the Stark County Department of Job and Family Services.

We’re also proud to say we represent the steelworkers at ArcelorMittal, WCI, Timken, REP, US Steel, AK Steel and Esmark (Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel).