Steelworkers' Simultaneous Vigils Will Support Workers at
Barry-Wehmiller's Angelus Can on Wednesday
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
United Steelworkers (USW) said that on Wednesday, Dec. 12, the union will sponsor
simultaneous candlelight vigils at Barry-Wehmiller's corporate
headquarters near St. Louis and
the company's Angelus Can facility
near Los Angeles, where workers
were told last month that their jobs are being eliminated as the
company shifts production to non-union facilities in Ohio.
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The members of USW Local 8957 at Angelus Sanitary Can Machine
Company in Vernon, Cal. have spent
generations making can-seaming machinery for customers such as
Pepsi, Campbell Soup, ConAgra, Del
Monte, Coca-Cola, Anheuser-Busch, Miller Brewing and
Nestle.
Workers from California are
traveling to St. Louis and joining
local steelworkers and supporters for the vigil at corporate
headquarters to encourage Barry-Wehmiller
President and CEO Bob Chapman
to keep the profitable Angelus Can
facility open instead of moving production to the company's
non-union plants.
ATTN: ASSIGNMENT/EDITORS:
* Photo Opportunities * Speakers * Interviews *
WHO: USW officials and workers from Barry-Wehmiller's
Angelus Can facility, local
community leaders and others
WHAT: Simultaneous candlelight vigils to support workers
whose plant may be shut down and work sent to non-union facilities
in Ohio
Angelus
Can:
WHEN: 3 p.m. (Pacific Time) on Wed., Dec. 12, 2012
WHERE: 4900 Pacific Blvd.
Vernon, Cal.
Barry-Wehmiller Corporate
Headquarters:
WHEN: 5 p.m. (Central Time)
on Wed., Dec. 12, 2012
WHERE: 8020 Forsyth Blvd.
Clayton, Mo.
Contact: Shawn Gilchrist,
USW – sgilchrist@usw.org or (412) 562-6968
SOURCE United Steelworkers (USW)