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UAW Members Ratify Early Labor Agreement for Coshocton Works
03/22/2013 - AK Steel said that members of the United Auto Workers (UAW), Local 3462, have ratified a new three-year labor agreement covering about 330 hourly production and maintenance employees at the company’s Coshocton Works in Ohio.
AK Steel said that members of the United Auto Workers (UAW), Local 3462, have ratified a new three-year labor agreement covering about 330 hourly production and maintenance employees at the company’s Coshocton Works in Ohio. AK Steel said that UAW officials notified the company that the new contract was ratified in voting held on 20 March 2013 in Coshocton.
“We are pleased to have reached a new labor agreement at our Coshocton Works ahead of the expiration date,” said James L. Wainscott, chairman, president and CEO of AK Steel. “The agreement continues to serve the interests of both the company and Local 3462 members in our increasingly competitive industry.”
The new agreement takes effect on 31 March 2013 and expires on 31 March 2016.
AK Steel produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company employs about 6,100 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pa.; Ashland, Ky.; Rockport, Ind.; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester, Ohio.
