<p>The strike of workers at ArcelorMittal Tubular Products plant in Shelby in Ohio has entered its second week. Roughly 500 workers at the ArcelorMittal Tubular Products plant in Shelby in Ohio walked off the job on 31 October 2021 midnight following a breakdown in contract negotiations between United Steelworkers Local 3057 and the management. USW officials have told the media that they have been in negotiations with the company since mid-September attempting to work out an agreement over issues related to health care, pensions and time off for workers, but only called a strike after ArcelorMittal representatives abruptly ended negotiations on Sunday.</p><p>Union officials have acknowledged that workers at the plant are regularly working 56-hour weeks and need to go to work every day of the week. One of the central demands raised by the USW was for the company to guarantee Thanksgiving weekend and Easter weekend be designated as unpaid holidays. The union also said the pension system has remained the same since 2003 and has resulted in a meagre payment from the company of just USD 1.70 per hour for every 40-hour work week. The workers at the plant are also split between three-tier health care plans with rising costs in premiums.</p><p>ArcelorMittal’s Shelby, Tubular Products plant, formerly Dofasco Copperweld, manufactures welded and seamless precision tubes in a variety of steel grades for the fluid power, automotive, construction equipment, farm machinery, oil and gas tooling and service center markets. Its annual capacity is 240,000 tons. The Shelby plant is one of the few assets in the US that was not purchased by Cleveland-Cliffs. ArcelorMittal Tubular Products, which currently runs the Shelby plant, also operates another plant in Marion, Ohio and a business office in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>The strike of workers at ArcelorMittal Tubular Products plant in Shelby in Ohio has entered its second week. Roughly 500 workers at the ArcelorMittal Tubular Products plant in Shelby in Ohio walked off the job on 31 October 2021 midnight following a breakdown in contract negotiations between United Steelworkers Local 3057 and the management. USW officials have told the media that they have been in negotiations with the company since mid-September attempting to work out an agreement over issues related to health care, pensions and time off for workers, but only called a strike after ArcelorMittal representatives abruptly ended negotiations on Sunday.</p><p>Union officials have acknowledged that workers at the plant are regularly working 56-hour weeks and need to go to work every day of the week. One of the central demands raised by the USW was for the company to guarantee Thanksgiving weekend and Easter weekend be designated as unpaid holidays. The union also said the pension system has remained the same since 2003 and has resulted in a meagre payment from the company of just USD 1.70 per hour for every 40-hour work week. The workers at the plant are also split between three-tier health care plans with rising costs in premiums.</p><p>ArcelorMittal’s Shelby, Tubular Products plant, formerly Dofasco Copperweld, manufactures welded and seamless precision tubes in a variety of steel grades for the fluid power, automotive, construction equipment, farm machinery, oil and gas tooling and service center markets. Its annual capacity is 240,000 tons. The Shelby plant is one of the few assets in the US that was not purchased by Cleveland-Cliffs. ArcelorMittal Tubular Products, which currently runs the Shelby plant, also operates another plant in Marion, Ohio and a business office in Pittsburgh.</p>
