Canadian aluminum major Alcan has submitted a final labor contract offer to a bargaining committee representing the 850 workers of the United Steelworkers union at Alcan's 400,000 mt/year Alma smelter in Quebec, Canada, said a company spokesman. The union has until end-of-the-day Thursday to respond. Michel Arsenault, District 5 director of the United Steelworkers union, was unavailable for comment Wednesday.
The two sides have concluded talks for now.
The Alcan spokesman said the final offer, submitted December 17, includes the recommendation from the mediator and basically recommends extending the current labor contract. However, Arsenault has told Platts the union was looking for a new labor agreement.
The Alma union is seeking to increase the number of union workers at the Quebec plant. The current five-year contract ends December 31. Contracting out, pension and medicare and the length of the new contract are other issues that are being negotiated, he said. Alcan wants a contract that extends through 2015, but the union is seeking a three- to five-year contract.
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