10/03/2026
Today I joined State Senator Rodney Pol Jr. and Citizens to Re-Elect State Representative Chuck Moseley at a press conference at the USW 7-1 union hall in Whiting, where they announced their intention to file bills requiring automatic unemployment benefits for locked out workers.
This bill is a response to British Petroleum's appeal of the approval of unemployment benefits for the 800 families they have illegally locked out since March 19th.
I had the honor to address my union brothers and sisters, their families, and community supporters. As a fellow union member I know that workers coming together collectively to bargain with their employers is the only way to negotiate on a level playing field with our employers. bp, a foreign owned company, is acting illegally and bargaining in bad faith. BP has already earned billions of dollars this year. They can afford to pay their workers a fair wage.
Our solidarity is needed to see these workers through to win a fair contract. That is why my local union, UAW Local 551 Union Hall, donated another $1,000 to the strike fund for USW 7-1.
When I'm elected to as your next State Senator for District 1, I'll fight for locked-out union members, unemployed workers, and hard working Hoosiers alike, for employment benefits that everyone deserves.
Learn more about how I'll fight for you: https://www.scott4senate.com/