Hamilton's Stelco union employees voted in favor of a new five-year contract.
United Steelworkers Local 1005 Chairman Ron Wells said his 82.7% of members who voted approved the deal. This includes an annual wage increase of just over $1 an hour and improved pensions and benefits.
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,” says Wells. "We've got some pretty good job security word as to whether there will be coke oven closures in the next five years.
'We always want more,'" Wells adds.
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Stelco actually hasn't made steel in Hamilton for over a decade, but about 600 employees work on "finishing" operations such as zinc coating lines. ” continues to work.
The deal was finalized on the same Wednesday that the company's last idle Hamilton blast furnace was demolished.
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