However, a second vote on the
Ivaco salvage plan awaits company's OK
concessions was held April 27 and 28,
with members of the three union locals
voting in favour of the new contract.
In an effort to salvage the factory which
richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
Officials from the company’s head office
Before the first vote, members
employs 465, unionized workers have voted
L’O RIGNAL
in Chicago were to meet union
erroneously believed that the expansion
in favour of a five-year pay freeze, considered
representatives Wednesday.
was a fait accompli and that the investment
to be crucial to the company’s plans to
Officials with the United Steelworkers,
would proceed, with or without a pay
After weeks of uncertainty about the
upgrade the operation on County Road 17.
the union that represents 360 employees at
freeze, relates Leblanc.
future of the Ivaco Rolling Mills steel mill
Acceptance of the concessions raised
Ivaco, have been reluctant to speculate about
The concessions represent a loss of
in L’Orignal, workers had reason to be
hopes that the company would cancel the
the company’s response to the union’s 87
between $20 and $25 per week for the
optimistic this week.
July 16 closure of the melt shop.
per cent vote in favour of the pay freeze.
union members, who earn an average of
“If the company decided that there were
$27 an hour, says Leblanc.
reasons to invest in an expansion, those same
In an April 28 letter to the company, the
reasons are still there today,” said
union urges the corporation to reverse its
Steelworkers staff representative Richard
melt shop shutdown decision.
Leblanc.
“All the employees and the local
A division of Heico Corporation, Ivaco
community really need these jobs,” writes
announced in an April 12 letter that it was
Leblanc. “We have a good group of proud
closing the melt shop, citing the need for “a
people” who can overcome challenges,
stable labour environment so this capital
produce quality steel and “is willing to
investment would not be put at any increased
work with the company to make it
risk.”
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