Steelworkers: No ArcelorMittal strike now

Management wants to cut costs

By AP

Created: Friday, August 31, 2012 10:26 p.m. CDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The United Steelworkers have decided not to go on strike now over stalled negotiations with steelmaker ArcelorMittal.

The union says in a statement Friday that striking is still an option for the future. The contract, which expires Saturday, covers 14,000 employees in eight states – Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Louisiana and South Carolina.

Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal wants to slash wages and benefits and have the unilateral right to cut wages during business slowdowns.

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