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Voting ended at 3pm today and the membership voted to approve the tentative agreement. This contract will run through May 16, 2014. Thanks to everyone who took the time to come out and vote.

We are currently working to put together a summary and setting dates for the Ratification meetings and vote. We are doing everything possible to get this accomplished as soon as possible. As soon as all the plans are finalized we will update the website with the information as well as the the bulletin boards at work.
Thanks for the solidarity--

We reached a tentative agreement at 11:52.

It's 10:40PM and we are waiting on the Company to come back with a package we can accept.

There are 16 days left before the expiration of the new agreement and it looks like its going to be a long 16 days. There has not been any really meaningful movement at the table and the Company has yet to modify or withdrawl any of their proposals. They continue to ignore a majority of your proposals that you took the time to write on the Union's questionaire.
 
The Union is commited to getting a fair and equitable agreement for all of our members and will do whatever it takes to accomplish that task. We will continue to supply information to the Contract Action Team Members, so take the time to talk to them when you get opportunity to do so.

Over the course of negotiations we are asking members to wear orange in the plant to show solidarity for their committee. That can be T-shirts, buttons, stickers, hats, shoestrings, warpaint, prison jumpsuit, etc. This is the time that we pull together before management pulls us apart.

Negotiations are approaching and your Committee is preparing in numerous different ways to ensure that this Local gets the best agreement possible.Please take a little bit of time to fill out the questionaires that are now being distributed. Please be honest in your answers and realize that this isa key opportunity to comunicate your wishes to all members of the Negotiating Committee.The committee is currently seeking dates to meet with the Company and

Thanks to our generous members, we were able to raise $1845.00 for our members in need. We currently have 6 members who have been out over 5 month's due to a non-work injury or illness. Thank you for your generosity.
 

District 8 has a scholarship program for high school graduates who wish to enter college. Four scholarships (one from each state, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia) are awarded annually to the sons, daughters or legal wards of active, retired or deceased members of the Steelworkers Union. The Value of the the scholarship is $1000/year for up to four years ($4000.00 total).
 

June 19, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner released the following statement today after the International Trade Commission ruled yesterday that increased imports from China have injured domestic tire industry workers: