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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