Asarco, Unions Reach Tentative Agreement at Company's Copper Units.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1998--ASARCO Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AR) announced today that it has reached tentative agreement with unions covering five of its copper producing facilities. The agreement will be presented for ratification by the union with the process expected to be completed late on July 8. During this period, operations will continue normally. The agreement covers approximately 2,000 employees at Asarco's Amarillo refinery and El Paso smelter in Texas and its Hayden smelter and Mission and Silver Bell mines near Tucson, Arizona. The Company began discussions in mid-June with representatives of the United Steelworkers of America, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States and Canada, particularly electricians, or Inside Wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other employees of public , the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Teamsters large, powerful union of U. S. truckers. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2703] See : Labor and the International Union of Operating Engineers The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a labor union within the AFL-CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers, who maintain heating and other systems in buildings and . ASARCO ASARCO American Smelting and Refining Company Incorporated is one of the world's leading integrated producers of copper as well as a producer of other metals, specialty chemicals and aggregates.
CONTACT: Donald Noyes, Corporate Communications
ASARCO Incorporated, 212-510-1813
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