Steelworkers Ratify Deal with Tube City IMS Canada
01/30/2008 - Members of United Steelworkers' Local 8794 ratify a new, three-year collective agreement with Tube City IMS Canada Limited.
Members of United Steelworkers' (USW) Local 8794 have ratified a new, three-year collective agreement with Tube City IMS Canada Limited.
The Tube City IMS workers are members of the same union local as those who work for Ivaco Rolling Mills. The new agreement includes hourly wage increases of 35 cents in the first year, 30 cents in the second and 25 cents in year three. The increases are over and above cost of living adjustments.
The new agreement includes improvements to insured benefits as well as the workers' defined benefit pension plan has been improved, along with the provision of an early retirement option (with no pension reduction) at age 63. The company, a division of Tube City LLC based in Pennsylvania, will fully pay for an employee assistance program (EAP) that guarantees confidentiality for workers who access it.
"These workers do a difficult job and deserve every advantage they can get," said USW Ontario/Atlantic Director Wayne Fraser. Fraser was referring to Tube City IMS workers’ jobs, which typically involve collecting slag from the steel mill and processing it through a gravel crusher.
The USW represents more than 280,000 men and women working in every sector of Canada's economy.
The Tube City IMS workers are members of the same union local as those who work for Ivaco Rolling Mills. The new agreement includes hourly wage increases of 35 cents in the first year, 30 cents in the second and 25 cents in year three. The increases are over and above cost of living adjustments.
The new agreement includes improvements to insured benefits as well as the workers' defined benefit pension plan has been improved, along with the provision of an early retirement option (with no pension reduction) at age 63. The company, a division of Tube City LLC based in Pennsylvania, will fully pay for an employee assistance program (EAP) that guarantees confidentiality for workers who access it.
"These workers do a difficult job and deserve every advantage they can get," said USW Ontario/Atlantic Director Wayne Fraser. Fraser was referring to Tube City IMS workers’ jobs, which typically involve collecting slag from the steel mill and processing it through a gravel crusher.
The USW represents more than 280,000 men and women working in every sector of Canada's economy.
Tube City IMS Canada Limited is a division of PA-based Tube City LLC.
