Steel Mills
October 20, 2013
Severstal Employees at Mountain State Carbon Reject Contract
Written by Sandy Williams
Employees at Severstal Mountain State Carbon rejected a four-year contract offered by the company after more than a year at the bargaining table. The offer was defeated 181 to 7 by USW Local 1190.
“We weren’t asking for the world,” said Don Hubbard a member of the union’s bargaining team. Worker demands included four weeks of vacation, a 3 percent yearly raise, and a guaranteed work week should production ever be disrupted. Hubbard said most workers under former owner RG Steel had five weeks of vacation and while salaried employees had their five weeks restored, hourly workers were given just two weeks per year.
