USW Committee Unanimously Approves Agreement with RG Steel

For more information contact: Tony Montana (USW) – 412-562-2592

PITTSBURGH – 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.

“We are driving the change that needs to take place company-wide to ensure these facilities remain viable for the long term,” said USW District 1 Director David McCall, who chairs the union’s negotiations with RG Steel.

“This is about the future of our jobs and our communities,” McCall said, “and our collective success is in our own hands.”

The USW represents 1.2 million active and retired workers in North America in a wide variety of industries and both the public and private sectors, including about 6,000 employees at the plants affected by the announced sale.

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