USW unions ratify 3-year deal with aluminum producer Arconic

摘要

United Steelworkers local union members representing employees at alu- minum maker Arconic voted late Thursday to ratify a three-year master contract covering more than 3,000 hourly workers at the company’s facilities in Davenport, Iowa; Alcoa, Tennessee; Lafayette, Indiana, and Massena, New York. USW said the newly approved contract provides annual general wage increases of 3.5% each year, applicable to all union members, resulting in a 10.5% total wage hike during its term.