To the Membership,
Your Bargaining Committee met with the Company, starting Thursday, July 27th, 2017. After a full day of bargaining, the parties agreed to meet on Friday morning, starting at 10am. After a marathon bargaining session of over 21 hours, the Company refused to remove their major concessions from the bargaining table. These include the two tier pension system and the removal of our copper bonus which pays for our pension, along with other significant issues. With this in mind, the Union has adjourned talks. With a 99.8% strike vote, the mandate from the membership is very clear, "NO CONCESSIONS". The Company is recording record profits, copper is at near historic highs, and their insatiable greed has them asking yet for more. Your Bargaining Committee thanks you for your continued support in showing solidarity during this difficult set of negotiations We will keep the membership posted of any further developments. In Solidarity, USW 7619 Bargaining Committee Comments are closed.
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