Steel Mills
November 13, 2018
USW Ratifies Contract with U.S. Steel
Written by Sandy Williams
United Steelworkers voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year contract with U.S. Steel. Workers will receive a 14 percent raise over the life of the contract, while keeping affordable health care coverage and gaining stronger retirement benefits.
“In 2015, workers recognized that the steel industry was struggling and agreed to make sacrifices so that U.S. Steel could get through some tough times,” said USW International President Leo W. Gerard. “Now that the company has recovered and is projected to earn nearly $2 billion this year, workers rightly wanted a share of that success.”
