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Our bargaining with ATI management continued this week in Pittsburgh, and despite some progress on healthcare and other issues that both parties identified as important priorities when these talks began, management continues to demand too many unacceptable and unnecessary changes to our contract.
Long past expiration, ATI management still hopes our committee will consent to concessions that we refused when the company demanded them during its illegal lockout in 2015 and 2016.
Now two weeks past the expiration of our previous contract, ATI is still:
- Proposing substandard wages,
- Refusing to recognize our need for pension increases,
- Undermining our seniority,
- Replacing Steelworkers with outside vendors with expanded contracting out rights,
- Weakening FMLA provisions,
- Failing to provide a fair standard for incentives, and
- Not addressing bargaining unit security issues for the Office and Technical group.
At the end of today’s meeting, management notified us that they were taking a “pause” from bargaining to consider their options moving forward. Our committee will be ready and available to negotiate when ATI is prepared to meet again.
In the meantime, we’re relying on your support and solidarity to remind ATI that we are united.
Plan now to wear RED on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, SAINT PATRICK’S DAY, to show management that ATI STEELWORKERS are ready to TURN UP THE HEAT!
As always, we urge everyone to focus our keeping yourselves and each other safe at work, stay in touch with local union CAT volunteers and keep an eye out for future updates as the process continues.
SOLIDARITY IS OUR STRENGTH