Striking ATI Steelworkers Hold the Line for Premium-Free Health Insurance [View all]

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Steelworkers Local 1357 strikers and supporters pose for a photo in front of cars carrying replacement workers. Workers at nine ATI plants across the country have been on strike since March 30. Photo: Dan Brush


June 14, 2021 / Peter Knowlton

Across the country, steelworkers at nine plants of Allegheny Technologies, Inc. have been on strike for the last 11 weeks.

They want raises; to stop contracting out; to secure full funding of their retirement benefits; and to beat back management’s efforts to introduce health insurance premiums and a second tier of coverage for younger workers.

The Steelworkers union (USW) accuses ATI of unfair labor practices including bad faith bargaining, and of holding retiree benefits hostage for contract concessions.

ATI, which is headquartered in Pittsburgh, makes steel used in aerospace and defense, oil and gas, chemical processes, and electrical energy generation.

FULL story: https://labornotes.org/2021/06/striking-ati-steelworkers-hold-line-premium-free-health-insurance