Eramet Marietta and United Steelworkers Union Reach New 3-Year Labor Contract

February 26, 2010

Officials at manganese alloys manufacturer Eramet Marietta announce that the members of United Steelworkers Local 1-00639 voted tonight to ratify the proposed 3-year labor agreement reached earlier this week between company and union officials.

Through the efforts of both the plant’s and union’s negotiations teams – as well as all of the employees at Eramet Marietta – the company is now poised to continue to be competitive in the global marketplace, which is seeing a very slight rebound since the severe economic downturn in late 2008. The new contract, which goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, February 28, 2010, runs through February 27, 2013.