USW, Cleveland-Cliffs reach new labor agreements: would cover all of the company's operating segments
Steel and iron ore producer Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.,and the United Steelworkers (USW) have reached new four-year labor contract agreements across the company's footprint, Cleveland-Cliffs announced Friday. "Our USW-represented employees do work that is essential to Cleveland-Cliffs and to our country," Lourenco Goncalves, Cleveland-Cliffs chairman and chief executive officer said. "These agreements recognize their contributions and give us the stability we need to invest, compete and continue strengthening American steelmaking. We greatly value our partnership with the USW and its leadership, whose constructive approach allowed us to reach agreements that benefit our employees and Cliffs." A tentative new labor agreement between the USW and Cliffs for the company's mining group was reached Thursday. Talks had continued into Friday for the company's steelmaking group prior to Cliffs' announcement that agreements had been reached across Cleveland-Cliffs' entire footprint. The agreements would cover about 12,000 USW-represented workers at the company's steel plants and mining operations in Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, according to Cleveland-Cliffs. The agreements still need to be ratified by the USW members covered under the contracts. A full story will appear in Mesabi Tribune.
