Dow, DuPont, Corteva, Roquette, Trinseo, Olin and Qnity Workers Unite in Pittsburgh

For Immediate Release: Oct. 16, 2026
Contact: Kent Holsing, 989-615-3901, [email protected]

(PITTSBURGH) - Union leaders representing thousands of workers at Dow, DuPont, Corteva, Roquette, Trinseo and Qnity locations from the United States and around the globe met last week in Pittsburgh to discuss common issues, devise strategies and pledge their unity.

"As workers continue to experience challenges, both locally and globally, union members around the world and in the U.S. will be working together to ensure our best interests are represented," said Kent Holsing, chairperson of the Dow DuPont North American Labor Council and president of USW Local 12075 in Midland, Mich.

"The chemical industry is critically important to the economy, and its workers are a vital part of that," Holsing added. "The sector is dealing with financial uncertainty, the moving target of the tariffs, artificial intelligence, and consumer confidence, and we know all too well that corporations don't stop making decisions to focus only on the best interest of their shareholders."

"Corporations cannot forget those who labor to make them profitable, and too often it seems that is lost on them when they make their decisions."

Over three days, the union leaders shared collective bargaining data, discussed the future of company-union relations, and reviewed each company's financial strength. They also identified shared obstacles and identified potential solutions to concerns such as workplace and community safety, lack of proper training, attracting and retaining workers, and implementing artificial intelligence.

The labor leaders strengthened their unions' international connections, and their interactions boosted mutual respect and understanding across the companies' unionized worksites in the U.S. and globally.

Representatives from these unions participated in the annual meeting: The United Steelworkers (USW); the International Union of Operating Engineers; Texas City Metal Trades; the International Chemical Workers Union Council/United Food & Commercial Workers; UNITE the Union (United Kingdom); the Global Union Federation IndustriALL (Geneva, Switzerland); the Union of Workers and Employees Petrochemicals States-SOEPU (Argentina), and the Petroleum Chemical and Rubber Industry Workers' Union of Turkey-Lastik-İş (Turkey).

The USW represents 850,000 workers employed in metals, mining, pulp and paper, rubber, chemicals, glass, auto supply and the energy-producing industries, along with a growing number of workers in health care, public sector, higher education, tech and service occupations.

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