Workers for U.S. Steel will head back to the bargaining table on Monday, armed with a nationwide strike authorization vote. The workers, meanwhile, are struggling to make ends meet and pay for health care, he added. A three-year U.S. Steel contract for close to 16,000 USW members nationwide ran out September 2 and workers are operating on a rolling temporary contract. The union is battling for hourly increases and protection of health care and pension benefits. “They keep on chipping away at health care, making it worse,” Furko said.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2018 06:45 UTC