Two Iron Range taconite plants bracing for strike as soon as Saturday

Union contracts at Hibbing Taconite and Union Taconite expire at midnight Friday night. The Steelworkers union is negotiating with Cliffs Natural Resources at talks underway in Pittsburgh. But labor leaders say a strikes are possible beginning Saturday and Cliffs says replacement workers are standing by.

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BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Aug 28, 2012

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The owner of two taconite plants in northern Minnesota, Cliffs Natural Resources, sent their team in charge of negotiating union worker's contracts home for the holiday weekend. Cliffs agreed to a short-term extension for current contracts with United Steelworkers Friday and the union decided they will not strike while negotiations continue.

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Members of the United Steelworkers union and Cliffs Natural Resources have agreed on a new three-year labor contract, the Duluth News Tribune reports. The deal covers about 1,100 workers at ore plants in Eveleth and Hibbing. Both sides failed to reach an agreement by the Sept. 1 deadline, but agreed to a contract extension that kept the northern Minnesota plants operating while negotiations continued.

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