Tag: labor negotiations

SMU released its latest steel market survey results on Friday. The main takeaway: the stronger for longer narrative is still very much in the house.

The United Steelworkers labor union and U.S. Steel plan to address their partnership and profit-sharing agreement during the week of May 11.

American Axle (Dauch Corp.) workers in Three Rivers, Mich., have voted to authorize a strike.

Negotiations between the United Steelworkers (USW) union and U.S. Steel will not begin early, according to a text message to union members obtained by SMU.

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted overwhelmingly last week to ratify a labor contract with the United Autoworkers. The deal marks the first union contract for Southern autoworkers outside the “Big Three” Detroit-area automakers.

The United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1123 has ratified a four-year labor contract with Metallus effective Feb. 5.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) and Volkswagen have reached a tentative agreement covering 3,200 workers at the automaker's Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant.

The USW's contracts with Cliffs and USS expire on Sept. 1 of this year.

As more contracts are up for negotiation in 2026, labor is poised play a larger role in operational planning at a time when trade issues and high prices also are in play.

ArcelorMittal's Mexican operations have faced a turbulent stretch over the past two years, marked by labor unrest and operational setbacks at its Lázaro Cárdenas steelworks.

The United Steelworkers (USW) union has voted down a tentative agreement with Metallus. The parties will continue the existing labor contract for 90 days, until Jan. 29, 2026, as they continue negotiating.

Metallus and the United Steelworkers (USW) union extended their contract to Oct. 15 as talks continue on a new labor deal.  

Locking out its union employees two days before Christmas, Welded Tube's behavior has been very "Grinch-like," according to the USW.

On Thursday, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the US Maritime Alliance (USMX), representing carriers and port operators on the East and Gulf Coasts, announced a three-and-a-half-month extension of the recently expired collective bargaining agreement. The extension kicks the can down the road until Jan. 15, 2025, after the 2024 election and the certification of the results on Jan. 6.

A potential labor strike is threatening to disrupt supply chains up and down the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts beginning next week.

Canada’s government has ordered an end to the brief rail stoppage which had threatened to disrupt the movement of commodities.

Two rail providers have locked out union workers at their operations in Canada.

Gentlemen (and women), start your engines. The Steel Summit 2024 train has left the station and is en route to Atlanta.

A work stoppage could hit Canada’s rail network as two rail companies have said they will lock out union workers on Thursday if no labor agreement is reached.

Workers at a Mercedes plant in Alabama have voted against membership in the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.

United Auto Workers (UAW) members have ratified a work contract with Daimler Truck North America.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has certified the results of the election of Volkswagen workers to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Daimler Truck North America and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have reached tentative bargaining agreements covering over 7,000 US workers at various locations in the South.

Volkswagen employees at its assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to become part of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.

United Steelworkers (USW) union members in Canada have reached a tentative labor agreement with CN Rail.  

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union said that over 50% of workers at Mercedes-Benz’s plant in Vance, Ala., “have signed union cards in support of joining the UAW.”  

The United Auto Workers (UAW) executive board has voted to start a new “solidarity project” to support auto workers in Mexico.

A United Auto Workers (UAW) local has reached a tentative agreement with Ford, avoiding a strike at the automaker’s Kentucky Truck Plant (KTP).

Approximately 9,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant said they will strike on Friday, Feb.. 23, if local contract issues are not resolved.

Employees at the Mercedes-Benz plant near Tuscaloosa, Ala., have kicked off their public campaign to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.