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On November 2nd, 2018 the USW reached a Tentative Agreement with ArcelorMittal.
I would like to thank the Executive Board members, Communications Action Team, and each and every one of you for all of your support, patience, and such a strong showing of solidarity and unity during the bargaining process.
Now that we have a tentative agreement, it is our job to explain that agreement to the membership.
After months of bargaining, our negotiating committee is pleased to report that we have reached tentative agreement with ArcelorMittal on contracts covering about 15,000 USW members of 13 local unions.
The proposed four-year agreement mirrors the industry standard on wages, lump-sum payments and pensions and maintains or improves our existing health insurance benefits for active and retired Steelworkers and their dependents.
Oct. 26: Issues Remain as Bargaining with ArcelorMittal Continues
Our committee has no doubt made progress toward new labor agreements with ArcelorMittal over the last few weeks, but we are not going let management force us into accepting anything less than what we have earned and deserve.
We remain at odds with the company over a number of outstanding issues; the most significant item still on the table is profit sharing.
In an effort to appear reasonable and fair in an update distributed to reporters and posted to the company’s website on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, ArcelorMittal USA President and CEO John Brett summarized some of the economic terms in the company’s most recent contract proposal.
As always, “the devil is in the details,” and of course, Brett doesn’t want to talk about them. He also claims the offer meets the industry pattern, but what he really means is that AMUSA’s offer “cherry picks” the industry pattern.
Although there remains significant ground to cover on differences that remain between our committee and ArcelorMittal management, we are nonetheless gratified to report that the unity and solidarity demonstrated by USW members over the past months at each and every location represented in these negotiations finally appears to have made a positive impression on the company.
For members on a work stoppage at ArcelorMittal, Company-paid Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance coverage continues for 150 days following the start of the labor dispute.
