The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that its negotiating committee has reviewed and unanimously approved the tentative agreement the union announced last week with RG Steel, which has entered a stock purchase agreement with Severstal covering about 6,000 USW represented workers.

The union is currently preparing a summary of the proposed new agreement to send to its members with a mail-in ballot and voting instructions in accordance with longstanding ratification procedures set by the union’s Basic Steel Industry Conference.

In the coming weeks, the union will also schedule explanation meetings for members to review the tentative agreement with their local and international USW representatives at each location ... more