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More Than 700 Say "YES" to USW
October 10, 2003 -- Over 700 Alcoa workers in Cressona, Pennsylvania joined the United Steelworkers (USW) this week after an independent arbitrator verified that 65% of the employees had signed Union authorization cards.
After several years of losing benefits and changes in their working conditions, Alcoa workers in Cressona voted to join the Union to protect the benefits they still have, to improve their working conditions, and to be able to negotiate with the company with a strong, united voice.
Workers in Cressona first attempted to organize in 1999 as they began to see their profit sharing shrink and their overtime reduced. A second organizing attempt in 2002 had more support, although a majority voted against joining the Union. In the months after that vote, Cressona employees saw new work schedules imposed by management and their insurance premiums increased even more.
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