The negotiation between the United Steelworkers industrial labor union and steel producer, U.S. Steel has culminated in a tentative agreement. The United Steelworkers and U.S. Steel have been engaged in negotiations over a shared bargaining agreement ever since June of this year.
The issue of contention is a contract with U.S. Steel for a period of three years. The contract applies to 16,000 workers employed in various facilities of the company across the United States. The preceding contract expired on September 2 this year.
The members of the United Steel Workers union will review the details of the agreement during the course of the next few weeks. Subsequently, the members will vote upon the agreement. The issue of healthcare for retirees was one of the most important aspects of the current year’s negotiations. The two groups were engaged in discussions over the best way to handle the increase in the cost of healthcare coverage.
Leo W. Gerard, President of the United Steelworkers, stated that union members worked untiringly during the entire course of summer to conceive an agreement that they consider to be reasonable for both the groups. He expressed pride in the efforts extended by them to establish a steady future for the union members, retirees and the steel major.
Tom Conway, Vice President of the United States Workers, helmed the negotiations on behalf of the union. He said that both the parties strived hard to formulate a solution that would enable the provision of high quality health care at low costs for existing and future retirees from the company.
The United Steelworkers is an international industrial union comprising 850,000 worker members from U.S., Canada and the Caribbean engaged in a wide range of industries such as paper, mining, steel, glass, rubber, healthcare and service industries.
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