Steel Mills
No Deal Yet Between USW, ArcelorMittal
Written by Sandy Williams
October 27, 2018
Contentious issues continue to stymie negotiations between United Steelworkers and ArcelorMittal. Although progress has been made toward a new labor agreement, USW officials say the union remains at odds with the company over a number of proposals including those regarding profit sharing and pensions.
“Our union is dedicated to seeing this process through to the end, and we are keenly aware that management would like nothing more than for us to give up and allow the company to nickel and dime its way out of the industry pattern,” said the USW in an update to members. ”We will not let that happen.
“We have worked too hard for too long to allow management to frustrate our good faith attempts to bargain fair contracts that meet the needs of our membership and acknowledge the important role Steelworkers play in every aspect of the company’s success.”
While ArcelorMittal employees work toward finding common ground with management, U.S. Steel employees were informed on Friday that a summary of the tentative agreement between the USW and U.S. Steel is in the mail along with a ballot for voting.
The four-year contract at U.S. Steel covers approximately 14,000 USW-represented employees.
Sandy Williams
Read more from Sandy WilliamsLatest in Steel Mills
ArcelorMittal posts solid results as commissioning of Calvert EAF begins
AM/NS Calvert has begun commissioning its new electric-arc furnace, with plans to reach its full annual run rate of 1.65 million short tons a year from now.
Tampa Steel Conference: Tanners on rising capacities and storms brewing across steel
There's a lot of production waiting to come online
USS idles “B” battery at Clairton following explosion
U.S. Steel has idled its "B" Battery at its Clairton Coke Works near Pittsburgh following a “release of excess pressure” inside a section of the battery on Feb. 5.
ArcelorMittal to start building Calvert NGO electrical steel line this year
ArcelorMittal announced on Thursday that it will begin the construction of its new $1.2-billion electrical steel mill in Alabama later this year. The steelmaker said it is proceeding with plans to build the new greenfield mill near its existing AM/NS joint venture in Calvert, Ala. The ArcelorMittal Calvert plant will have an annealing pickling line, […]
AISI: US steel shipments rise in December
Domestic steel shipments increased month over month and year on year in December, according to the latest data from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). US steel mills shipped 7,145,016 short tons (st) in December, up 0.9% from 7,082,921 st in December 2023 and 6.6% higher than 6,702,557 st in November 2024. For the full-year […]