United Steelworkers Local 351L represents around 1160 workers at the B.F. Goodrich Tire Plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The local has come a long way since it was first chartered as United Rubber Workers Local 351 on April 7, 1947. Local 351 started with 225 members and was the first Congress of Industrial Organizations local in this area. At that time most labor unions in this part of Alabama were associated with the American Federation of Labor.URW Local 351 rented office space in the Masonic Building and the top floor of the Hill Grocery Company for their meetings.