Esmark Ratifies Labor Contract With United Steelworkers of America Local 1223 Members

The four-year contract agreement is an important milestone in Esmark's ongoing efforts to restart operations at Ohio Cold Rolling Company.

Esmark Inc. and its wholly owned steel services subsidiary, Esmark Steel Group, ratified an agreement with its labor union. Esmark, based in Sewickley, recently announced that members of the United Steelworkers of America (USW) Local 1223 accepted and ratified a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with Esmark’s newly acquired Ohio Cold Rolling Company. According to Esmark, 81 percent of eligible union members voted to accept and ratify the labor agreement, which was applauded by James P. Bouchard, chairman and chief executive officer of Esmark Inc. “We’re very pleased that after months of negotiations the union members found the contract offer to provide for a strong wage, benefits and profit sharing package,” Bouchard said in a …

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Sewickley and Edgeworth to Amend Fire Services Agreement

Sewickley Council plans to vote tonight to accept two fire trucks from Edgeworth as a credit towards fire services.

Sewickley Council plans to approve an amendment tonight to the Edgeworth fire protection agreement that will include a transfer of two Edgeworth fire trucks to Cochran Hose Company. The $200,000 value of the two trucks will be credited toward Edgeworth’s annual payments for fire services to Sewickley. Edgeworth Council voted in September to decertify its volunteer fire department because of a shrinking number of volunteers providing fire protection. The borough later struck an agreement with Sewickley for fire-protection services. Under the agreement, Edgeworth pays annually $50,000 as well as a $9,000 contribution to the Fire Capital Reserve Fund.  Sewickley Solicitor Richard Tucker said the transfer of the truck titles will give …

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Larissa Dudkiewicz

6:10 pm on Monday, February 20, 2012

Thank you for clearing that up Jeff!   more ›

Cornell High School Disbands Football Program

Cornell students can choose to play football for Quaker Valley under a cooperative agreement.