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"THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING"
--Burke

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Steelworkers Union and Asarco reach tentative agreement

"...Manuel Ramos, President and Chief Executive officer of ASARCO
announced the company and the Steelworkers have reached a tentative
agreement. According to the union, both sides have agreed to extend the
existing wage package for another two years through June 30, 2013.

ASARC0 has 2,267 full time workers at its five operating copper
facilities in Arizona. Locally, at its Hayden Smelter and Hayden
Concentrator in Gila County along with the nearby Ray Complex in Pinal
County, the copper company employs 1,350 persons of which some 250 live
in Globe-Miami"

Wed. June 22, 2011
http://www.silverbelt.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=72&story_id=2748