New York — US aluminum producer Alcoa and the United Steelworkers union have reached a tentative four-year labor agreement, covering 1,700 workers at five of the company's plants in the US, the company and the union said Friday.
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Register NowUnion members are now expected to hold a vote on the proposed deal, the company and the union said in separate statements. The vote date has yet to be set by the union.
USW District 7 Director Michael Millsap, who chaired negotiations with Alcoa for the union, said in the union's statement that the committee will be recommending the proposed agreement to the membership for ratification.
Details of the new agreement have not been disclosed by either the company or the union.
The new deal will replace a previous agreement, which expired on May 15. But both sides agreed to continue negotiating and work under the terms of the previous contract.
The locations covered under the new tentative agreement are: Warrick, Indiana; Massena, New York; Gum Springs, Arkansas; and Point Comfort, Texas.
Alcoa said most of the workers eligible to vote on the new master agreement are employed at the company's Warrick operations, which includes a smelter and a rolling mill.
The company's Point Comfort alumina refinery and its Wenatchee Works aluminum smelter remain idled, Alcoa's statement said.
-- Anthony Poole, anthony.poole@spglobal.com
-- Edited by Richard Rubin, newsdesk@spglobal.com