soar saint louis reunion september 15th, 2018

attention all canmakers, soar saint louis is having its reunion on september 15th.

Where: Kircher Park, Pavilion # 2, Eureka, MO. at Highways 109 & I-44 
What to bring: Your drinks, potluck item (homemade, or store bought 
to 
share, bring lawn chairs, & games (Horseshoes, washers, playing 
cards, 
Frisbee golf course available, etc. 


Sandwiches will be provided & will be served at 12:00 noon 


$1, 50-50 donation drawing at 2:00 P.M. (3 winners) 


Directions: Kircher Park is located in Eureka just south of 
Interstate 
Highway 44 on Williams Road on the south side of I-44. If going west 
on I-44 from St. Louis, exit at State Route 109, turn left, go under 
I-44, 
then go immediately back onto I-44 eastbound for about a quarter- 
mile. Then exit I-44 at Williams Road (Exit 265). The park is on the 
right at the bottom of the exit ramp. (Parking lot and street 
parking) 

this is Hormel 1956

Saint Louis plant of american can company made cans for Hormel. ran more than a few on the coaters myself

The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) [Film Noir] [Crime]

american can company was right down the street from the filming. union hall of uswa 3628 was in one of the buildings shown

slsoarpac: Photos: end of the 083 sale: Thumbnails

slsoarpac: Photos: end of the 083 sale: Thumbnails

link to photos of sale of St. Louis plant 083--old American Can

click link for thumbnails

American Can (3600 South Kingshighway, St. Louis, Missouri)

this is old american can strike photo

click photo for more old canco photos. St. Louis plant during the war made naval munitions. Ameritorp was a trademark torpedo used by navy in ww2

7 deadly plastics

Might wish to review this ditty. We worked with some of these at American Can--American National Can and Silgan. I suspect Crown-Cork folks also handled some of this stuff.

USW workers and folks in manufacturing might wish to review this with members.

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note: OSHA does poor job of regulations in the chemical industry. OSHA seems to go by the body count, not the dangers.

Hint: get copies of Material Data Safety Sheets and keep copy--at union hall and make copy for self. It is amazing how some of this stuff gets lost.

more bpa bad news

This snip is from the Bill Moyer's Journal on BPA. Again, can workers at 083 (American Can, American National Can and Silgan containers) in St. Louis, Missouri were exposed.

How do I know? I was safety-chair and on the safety committee at 083 for a decade. In fact, I was the last labor chair of Safety committee. I read thru the safety-material data sheets. I suggest current can workers at Silgan Containers do the same.

Those in the USW (united steelworkers) might wish to review with folks the "potential" dangers of BPA.

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Acorn/teaparty demonstration last week

This is a snip of the demonstration and counter-protests in St. Louis at Senator's McCaskill's office last week.

Note: Soar 11-3 supports HR676 and consider the rest of the prosals lame in comparison. We would have attended, but supporting "lame" measures for such an important issue is not our cup of tea.



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083 american can plant

Old American Can Plant St. Louis, Missouri 083

This is an view of the old American Can Plant in St. Louis, Missouri. During the middle and late 1990's, much of the plant was torn down to make shopping mall. Only the old litho department and smaller area survives to this day.

Sad, this was a historical building that greed allowed to be turned into inner-city shopping. The plant produced war materials during the Second World War and became a major container producer. Beer cans, food cans, oil cans (both metal and paper), tobacco cans, coffee cans and much, much more.

Might I also add, if the current "retirees" would have known how the company would treat retirees and their benefits, we would have opposed the tearing down and sided with historical preservation interests in the area. We believed the company (American National-current owners and the Silgan folks) promise that no one would benefit nor would anyone lose any benefits. Appearently the folks with company did not tell the truth. (note: this is my personal take on the matter and yes, I am currently unhappy as an early "retiree")

Many can plants closed in the last few decades and a disproportion of them were union plants by the way. Steelworker plants were heavily targeted by the varied master companies.

Some might also find of interest that some in this plant were "recruited" to go to Mexico to help set up equiptment moved there to compete with fellow can plants. This goes back to the Ronald Regan era and the helping American companies "offshore" and "outsource" products. Sad tradition continues today and one might wish to note this if you ever ask yourself what happened to the American economy.