Steel Mills
August 29, 2013
US Steel Lake Erie Works Vote Set for Friday
Written by Sandy Williams
United Steelworkers (USW) Local 8782 is due to vote on a contract proposal on Friday that may end the long standoff between U.S. Steel and union employees at Lake Erie Works.
Union members at Lake Erie Works have been locked out since April 28 after rejecting at that time a second and final contract offer by U.S. Steel. Since then, union members have been turned down for employment insurance by the Canadian government and three more contract proposals have been rejected: US Steel dismissed a Union proposal on May 24, members voted against a US Steel proposed contract on July 9 and most recently the workers rejected a U.S. Steel proposal in a forced Ministry of Labour supervised vote on July 31.
