Ormet goes back to work. (Nonferrous).Workers at the Friendly, W.Va., Ormet Aluminum Corp. scrap aluminum melting plant have ended a strike that temporarily disrupted dis·rupt tr.v. dis·rupt·ed, dis·rupt·ing, dis·rupts 1. To throw into confusion or disorder: Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech. 2. production. The three-week strike ended after a new labor agreement was reached between managers and union workers represented by United Steelworkers United Steelworkers (USW) historic labour union representing workers in steel, aluminum, and other metallurgical industries for much of the 20th century. In the U.S. of America Local 576-01. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an Ormet spokesperson quoted in a Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. report, the deal is a three-year contract running through mid-2006 that allows for some wage increases and some concessions by workers to pick up certain health care costs. The plant, which has an annual capacity of 175 million pounds, melts used beverage containers (UBCs) and other forms of aluminum scrap, it accepts baled, densified and shredded shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. aluminum can scrap. The plant consists of two 142,000-pound capacity gas-fired furnaces. It supplies aluminum sow and molten aluminum to other Ormet plants, including a roiling mill that makes cansheet. Wheeling, W, Va.-based Ormet Aluminum operates nine aluminum production facilities in seven states. |
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