Health care costs a key issue for union workers, PACE, USWA leaders say

Two major US unions namely, the Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) and United Steelworkers of America (USWA) have announced a proposed merger. If approved by workers, the two groups together would create the largest industrial union in North America with more than 850,000 active members. The new union group would be called the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers International Union. The new union would stand against employers shifting additional health care costs to workers, in the form of higher worker payments.