The United Steelworkers (USW) announced March 8 that labor agreements have been ratified by workers at Gerdau Ameristeel locations in
“Negotiations with Gerdau Ameristeel have been drawn out and contentious,” said the USW’s chief negotiator Jim Stewart. “But the company made significant movement on important issues during the past few weeks allowing us to achieve agreements that were approved by our members at all three locations.”
The bargaining committees comprised of local union representatives accepted the tentative agreements and sent them for discussion and ratification votes that were held at each location concluding on March 8. Union members at each location were required to approve or reject a contract for their own location.
Gerdau made commitments to the USW that the ratification of these three contracts would lead to positive and meaningful movement at the other open tables. The remaining Gerdau Ameristeel locations still in contract negotiations are
