Strike resolved at Russel long products plant

Feb 08, 2013 | 02:27 PM | Samuel Frizell

Tags  Russel Metals, Acier Leroux, Quebec plant, strike, union contract, long products, distribution plant, Samuel Frizell

NEW YORK — A nearly five-month-long strike at Russel Metals Inc.’s Acier Leroux long products plant in Boucherville, Quebec, has been resolved, the company and the union said separately Feb. 8.

A majority of the facility’s employees voted in favor of a new five-year labor contract and will be returning to work at the steel distribution center Feb. 11, Mississauga, Ontario-based Russel Metals said.....





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