Gerdau, Steelworkers reach agreement at Manitoba mill

Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation on May 25 announced it had reached an agreement with the United Steelworkers union at Gerdau Ameristeel's Manitoba, Canada mill. The new contract is effective May 24, 2007, and expires on May 23, 2012.

"The company is pleased that another contract has been completed with the United Steelworkers. While there are three remaining negotiations at Calvert City, Ky.; Joliet, Ill.; and Sand Springs, Okla., the company continues to work to find common ground to settle remaining agreements at these facilities," said Terry Danahy, Gerdau Ameristeel's vice president and chief human resources officer.

Gerdau Ameristeel is the second-largest minimill steel producer in North America, with annual manufacturing capacity of more than 9.0 million tons of mill finished steel products. Through its vertically integrated network of 17 minimills (including one 50 percent-owned joint venture minimill), 17 scrap recycling facilities and 51 downstream operations (including seven joint-venture fabrication facilities), Gerdau Ameristeel serves customers throughout North America. The company's products are generally sold to steel service centers, to steel fabricators, or directly to original equipment manufacturers for use in a variety of industries, including construction, automotive, mining, cellular and electrical transmission, metal building manufacturing and equipment manufacturing.