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United Steelworkers Announces Resumption of Negotiations With Kaiser

28 May 2000

Resumption of Negotiations With Kaiser Aluminum Scheduled for June 7-9

    CHICAGO - Negotiators for the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) and 
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation recessed contract talks on Friday after 
four days of meetings in Chicago , Illinois.  The United Steelworkers of America 
announced that negotiations have been scheduled to resume June 7-9 in Houston.

    USWA members struck Kaiser Aluminum in response to the company's unfair
labor practices and substandard contract offer on September 30 , 1998 , and
offered to return to work on January 13 , 1999.  On January 14 , 1999 , the
company illegally locked out over 2,900 USWA members at its plants in
Gramercy , Louisiana , Newark , Ohio , and Tacoma and Spokane , Washington.