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Steelworkers reach agreement with U.S. Steel; several other mines without contracts (MN)
http://www.startribune.com/local/168326326.htmlU.S. Steel announced Sunday that it has reached a tentative agreement on a three-year labor contract with the United Steelworkers of America.
Union officials said the tentative agreement covers 15,000 employees at 11 taconite and mining plants around the country. That includes about 1,330 workers at U.S. Steel's mines in Minnesota -- Minntac in Mountain Iron and Keetac in Keewatin.
The agreement still must be ratified by the union. Terms of the agreement were not immediately available.
A vote on the tentative agreement is expected in the next couple weeks.
Contract agreements have yet to be reached between Steelworkers and two other companies with Iron Range (Minnesota) mines -- Cliffs Natural Resources and ArcelorMittal.
Union officials said the tentative agreement covers 15,000 employees at 11 taconite and mining plants around the country. That includes about 1,330 workers at U.S. Steel's mines in Minnesota -- Minntac in Mountain Iron and Keetac in Keewatin.
The agreement still must be ratified by the union. Terms of the agreement were not immediately available.
A vote on the tentative agreement is expected in the next couple weeks.
Contract agreements have yet to be reached between Steelworkers and two other companies with Iron Range (Minnesota) mines -- Cliffs Natural Resources and ArcelorMittal.
The Steelworkers at Cliffs are working on a rolling 48-hour contract extension; Cliffs has brought in trailers and food trucks for replacement workers, but the contract extension has a no strike/no lockout provision. No word on what's going on with ArcelorMittal.
Companies were holding out for a two-tiered wage system, no pension for new hires and other concessions, and the Iron Range booms along. Solidarity!
