MOUNT GILEAD — The Ohio Power Siting Board has ordered improvements at the Blossom Solar construction site in northern Morrow County. Shawn Rowley, an inspector with the OPSB compliance section, issued a notice to the company on Wednesday after inspectors visited the site Tuesday, along with members of the Morrow County Soil & Water Conservation […]
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Mansfield-based labor union seeks halt to Blossom Solar project in Morrow County
MOUNT GILEAD — A labor union based in Mansfield has asked the Ohio Power Siting Board to halt construction at the Blossom Solar Project, citing “serious safety, environmental and public health concerns.” Jeff Sellers, business manager for Laborers Local 1216, sent the state agency the letter on Monday evening, describing concerns the union said it […]
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Local labor unions decry exclusion from jobs at $100 million solar job site in Morrow County
MOUNT GILEAD — Jeff Sellers said Tuesday morning union leaders helped gain regulatory approval for a 144-megawatt, solar-powered electric generating facility in northern Morrow County. Now workers in those same unions, including two based in Mansfield, have been denied the opportunity to fill what they believe are around 350 construction jobs as the $100 million […]
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Labor unions, including 2 based in Mansfield, plan protest at solar power job site in Morrow County
MOUNT GILEAD — Three labor unions — including two based in Mansfield — plan a demonstration Tuesday morning at a solar power construction site in northern Morrow County. This demonstration will be staged by Laborers’ Local 1216, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18 and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 688 “to bring attention to illegal […]