Hundreds of Locked-Out ABI Workers to Rally at Alcoa Annual Meeting
BÉCANCOUR, QC, May 6, 2019 /CNW/ - Some 200 workers, locked out of their jobs at the ABI aluminum smelter in Quebec since Jan. 11, 2018, will demonstrate at Alcoa's shareholders' meeting in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, May 8.
WHO: |
United Steelworkers Local 9700 members, locked out of Alcoa's ABI aluminum smelter since Jan. 11, 2018. |
WHAT: |
Workers to demonstrate at Alcoa shareholders' meeting. |
WHEN: |
Wednesday, May 8, 9:30 a.m. |
WHERE: |
Hotel Fairmont, 510 Market Street, Pittsburgh |
The members of the United Steelworkers (USW), will board buses in Trois-Rivières, Que., late Monday night and will arrive in Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon.
The workers will meet at USW international headquarters on Wednesday morning before marching to the Hotel Fairmont where Alcoa will be holding its shareholders' meeting.
The Steelworkers will demonstrate outside while a delegation of their colleagues, holding shareholder proxies, will attend the shareholders' meeting to call out Alcoa executives and directors for prolonging the 16-month Quebec lockout.
A media briefing also will be held outside the shareholders' meeting at 9:40 a.m.
Alcoa holds a 75% stake in the ABI aluminum smelter, with fellow multinational Rio Tinto holding the remaining 25%.
The Steelworkers also will demonstrate Wednesday afternoon outside Alcoa and Arconic headquarters in Pittsburgh.
The USW is the largest private-sector union in Quebec, representing more than 60,000 workers in all economic sectors.
SOURCE United Steelworkers (USW)
Clairandrée Cauchy, (Montreal), 514-774-4001, [email protected]; Tony Montana (Pittsburgh), 412-562-2592, [email protected]; Bob Gallagher (Toronto), 416-544-5966, 416-434-2221, [email protected]
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