Century And USW Reach Five-Year Labor Deal At Hawesville Aluminium Smelter
American smelter Century Aluminum announced yesterday an agreement with the labor force at its Hawesville, Kentucky smelter that will govern...
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Kaiser Aluminum Reaches Deal With Labor Union At Warrick Rolling Mill
Semi-fabricated aluminium manufacturer Kaiser Aluminum said last week that it has reached an accord with the labor union at its Warrick Rolling Mill in Evansville, Indiana. Kaiser and United Steelworkers Local 104 signed a four-year labor agreement that is back-dated to May...
Strike At Constellium Aluminium Can Recycling Plant In Alabama Continues
A strike is currently underway at Constellium’s aluminium used beverage containers (UBCs) consuming mill in Muscle Shoals. According to a...
USW Says Rumored Section 232 Tariffs On Canadian Aluminium Makes “Mockery” Of USMCA
One of the biggest metalworkers’ unions on the North American continent said late last week that the rumored imposition of...
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United Steelworkers Accepts New Four-Year Labor Contract With Alcoa
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation and United Steelworkers (USW) said late last week that USW’s membership at Alcoa’s facilities voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new four-year labor agreement hammered out by negotiators for the two parties earlier this year. The agreement, which covers around 1,700 laborers at five plants, includes a 12-percent annual wage […]
Kaiser Aluminum Appoints Leo Gerard To Board Of Directors
California’s Kaiser Aluminum Corporation announced on Thursday the appointment of Leo W. Gerard to its board of directors, raising the board’s membership to an even dozen. Gerard joins the Kaiser Aluminum board fresh off his retirement from the position of International President of the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial, and […]
Alcoa And United Steelworkers Reach Tentative Agreement On New Labor Contract
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation announced a tentative accord with United Steelworkers over a four-year labor contract covering about 1,700 workers at five plants throughout the United States. No details were released by either the firm or the union, but the USW said it would send delegates from the negotiating committees into the field to […]
Workers Trickle Back To Aluminerie de Bécancour As 17-Month Lockout Ends
Aluminerie de Bécancour’s (ABI) unionized workforce began making its way back into the plant on Friday, marking the end of one of Quebec’s longest lockouts. United Steelworkers members are returning to the plant thanks to a vote earlier this month to accept what Alcoa characterized as a final offer. The plant’s 900-strong union workers voted […]
Lockout Ends At Aluminerie de Bécancour With Labor Vote To Accept Alcoa Contract Offer
A months-long lockout and curtailment at Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc. (ABI) in Quebec is over after a vote on Tuesday by locked-out laborers to accept a new contract offer from Alcoa Corporation. Members of the local chapter of United Steelworkers voted in favor of the six-year contract, which Alcoa characterized as the final offer they’d […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
