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14,000 Steelworkers Accept Tentative Contract and More Bargaining News |
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Some 14,000 workers at ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel producer, accept a tentative agreement, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
WORK STOPPAGES AND ACTIONS
USW, ArcelorMittal: Some 14,000 production, maintenance and clerical employees at 14 plants in eight states at ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel producer, represented by the United Steelworkers (USW), voted to accept a four-year tentative agreement. Details have not been released. Previously, members authorized a strike if a contract was not reached by Sept. 1, the day the old contract expired.
AFA-CWA, Northwest Airlines: Northwest Airlines’ flight attendants, represented by the Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA), plan to rally outside the carrier’s annual shareholders’ meeting Sept. 25. Flight attendants say management has failed to discuss merger details with AFA-CWA leaders. Northwest shareholders will vote on the proposed Delta-Northwest merger at the meeting in New York on Sept. 25, while Delta shareholders will vote at a meeting at the Georgia International Convention Center the same day.
AFSCME, Portage Area Regional Transit Authority: In Ohio, bus drivers who work for the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority and service the area around Kent State University are on strike now that last-ditch negotiations have failed. The workers are represented by Ohio Association of Public School Employees-AFSCME (OAPSE-AFSCME) Local 37.
USW, NewPage: Members of USW Local 2-9 held a candlelight vigil across the street from the NewPage paper mill in Kimberly, Wis., on the eve of the mill shutting down and putting several hundred hourly production workers out of a job.
LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
USW, Goodyear: U.S. District Judge John Adams approved the terms of the agreement reached between USW and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which transfers responsibilities for retiree health care to the union through a Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association (VEBA) trust. Goodyear will transfer $1 billion to the VEBA trust. The terms of the agreement were developed after a 2006-2007 strike.
AFSCME, Rhode Island: In Rhode Island, Superior Court Judge Patricia Hurst blocked Gov. Donald Carcieri from unilaterally imposing higher health care fees on AFSCME Council 94 members working in the executive branch, at least until the dispute has been heard by the Rhode Island Labor Relations Board. Council 94 President Michael Downey said, “We are elated that Judge Hurst has proven that collective bargaining is alive and well in Rhode Island….our end result is to get a contract. And the fairest and most equitable way to do that is to return to the bargaining table.” An “outraged” Carcieri immediately appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court.
SETTLEMENTS
USW, National Envelope: Members of USW Local 198 at National Envelope Corp. in Fayette County, Ohio, whose contract expired April 30, ratified a three-year agreement that covers 570 employees and provides a nearly 10 percent pay raise over term.
UAW, Mitsubishi: In Illinois, members of the UAW Local 2488 at Mitsubishi Motors North America agreed to extend their current contract by a week, as negotiations continue.
CNA/NNOC, Sutter Delta Medical Center: In Antioch, Calif., 300 nurses, represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), reached a three-year tentative agreement with the Sutter Delta Medical Center. Key points in the agreement include patient care issues, pension and salary increases and retiree health benefits.
Disclaimer: This information is being provided for your information only. As it is compiled from published news reports, not from individual unions, we cannot vouch for either its completeness or accuracy; readers who desire further information should directly contact the union involved.
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