Author Topic: Hannibal: Ormet layoffs, strike (Read 7769 times)

buildingcincinnati · « **on:** November 13, 2005, 11:05:53 AM »

From the 11/8/05 Cambridge Daily Jeffersonian:

Ormet plant to close; 600 layoffs

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - Aluminum maker Ormet Corp. announced Monday that it is closing its Hannibal, Ohio, rolling mill, laying off 500 hourly workers and 100 salaried employees.

The plant will close at the end of the year. The company has been using salaried employees there since more than 1,200 members of the United Steelworkers went on strike last November at the plant and another operation in Hannibal, about 115 miles southeast of Columbus.

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http://www.daily-jeff.com/article.php?pathToFile=/archive/11082005/news/&file=_news1.txt&article=1&tD=11082005

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2005, 04:34:02 PM »

From the 11/10/05 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

Steelworkers pledge fight for Ormet jobs

THE UNITED Steelworkers (USW) today pledged that the union will fight to save the jobs of about 500 hourly employees at Ormet's Rolling Mill, in spite of an announcement earlier this week that the facility will be closed by the end of the year.

"I encourage Aleris to bargain with our Union and negotiate an agreement that will keep the Hannibal plants operating," said USW District 1 Director David McCall. "A well-trained, experienced workforce could be a valuable asset that was overlooked in the early stages of this deal."

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http://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/story/1115202005_new03_ormet.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2005, 11:11:19 AM »

From the 11/19/05 Marietta Times:

PHOTO: Striking Ormet worker Sam McCauley of Oak Grove prepares dinner Friday night while his daughter, Stephanie, 17, looks on. McCauley has been playing the roll of “Mr. Mom” since the strike began and is currently seeking employment elsewhere.

Ormet workers in a bind
By Connie Cartmell
ccartmell@mariettatimes.com

United Steelworkers members met Thursday to hear what might in store for them after Ormet Corporation shuts down its rolling mill at Hannibal Dec. 31.

The still striking workers, at both the rolling mill and reduction plant next door (1,500 overall) heard nothing they didn't already suspect and fear.

"I'm 50 years old. I have bills and student loans to pay," Bill Covert, of rural Monroe County, said. "They told us about training programs available to us. Nobody wants to hire a guy who's 50. We all know that."

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http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new11_1119200511455.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2005, 01:45:16 PM »

From the 11/23/05 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

Rally held on anniversary of Ormet strike
By MICHAEL SCHULER, Times Leader Staff Writer

Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the Ormet strike by United Steelworkers of America locals 5724 and 5760.

While a rally was held near the aluminum producers corporate headquarters in Wheeling, across the street from Local 5724 in Clarington the striking workers gathered at a food distribution center.

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http://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/story/1123202005_new03_ormet23.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #4 on:** December 15, 2005, 10:24:46 AM »

From the 12/10/05 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

Ormet workers to receive stipends
By BETTY J. POKAS, Times Leader Area Editor

WOODSFIELD - Qualified Ormet employees and others eligible in Monroe County will receive $1,000 stipends as a result of action taken this week by the Monroe County commissioners.

Monroe Countians qualifying for the stipends also will be informed of programs available through the Monroe County Department of Job and Family Services to assist eligible, displaced workers through the transitional period.

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http://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/story/1210202005_new002_ormet10.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #5 on:** December 17, 2005, 11:02:02 AM »

From the 12/13/05 Marietta Times:

Hope rises for Ormet workers
By Justin McIntosh, jmcintosh@mariettatimes.com

Ormet workers believe they gained a major victory Monday in their fight to receive unemployment benefits dating back to the start of their November 2004 strike.

On Monday the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas overturned an earlier decision by the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services that rendered Ormet workers ineligible for unemployment benefits, said officials with Ormet and a union representing the striking workers.

The decision was unable to be confirmed with the court late Monday.

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http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new32_1213200593451.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #6 on:** December 27, 2005, 11:46:32 AM »

From the 12/21/05 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

Ormet unemployment checks in the mail
By MICHAEL SCHULER, Times Leader Staff Writer

While the "Save the Valley Coalition" met with local officials Tuesday to try and save approximately 500 to 600 jobs that could be lost after Ormet had sold its rolling mill assets in Hannibal to another company, there was some good news for striking workers.

Their checks are in the mail.

Dennis Evans, office of communications, Ohio Department of Job and Families Services reported that 617 checks for unemployment benefit went out to workers Tuesday.

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http://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/story/1221202005_new01_ormet21.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2006, 02:50:10 PM »

From the 1/4/06 Marietta Times:

Deal made to sell Ormet’s assets
By Brad Bauer, bbauer@mariettatimes.com

A deal to sell the assets at Ormet’s Hannibal rolling mill has closed and equipment at the facility was being removed or disabled Tuesday, striking steel workers said.

Chuck Ballard, president of United Steel Workers Association Local 5760 said, production at the mill stopped last week. He said he is currently negotiating a severance package for the 500 employees who were employed at the Monroe County aluminum manufacturing facility.

“I expect they’re going to offer us what they have to by law and that’s about the size of it,” Ballard said. “I don’t get the warm fuzzy feeling they’re going to give us anything they don’t have to.”

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http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new43_14200683754.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2006, 10:39:28 AM »

From the Wheeling News-Register:

Ormet Appeals Court Decision
By HEATHER ZIEGLER Assistant City Editor

A spokeswoman for the Ormet Corp. said today the aluminum maker, whose employees at the Reduction Plant in Hannibal have been idle since November 2004, is appealing a court decision that stated steelworkers were locked out of the plant rather than choosing to go on strike.

Ormet spokesperson Linda Regelman said today the company does not oppose workers receiving unemployment benefits as granted last month by Monroe County Commons Pleas Judge William B. Harris. However Ormet officials do not agree that the workers were forced into a lockout situation, rather the steelworkers went on strike.

“Ormet is only appealing the language of the judge’s decision. They want it on public record ... the former ruling ... that it was a strike not a lockout,” Regelman said.

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http://www.news-register.net/news/articles.asp?articleID=1186

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #9 on:** February 08, 2006, 11:09:10 AM »

From the 2/3/06 Marietta Times:

Ormet resumes mediation
By Diana DeCola

Negotiations between Ormet and the United Steelworkers Association resumed this week in Pittsburgh.

Committees from USWA Local 5760, USWA Local 5724, both in Hannibal, and USWA Local 14465 from the Burnside plant in Lousiana, met with Ormet officials to conduct three separate negotiations simultaneously.

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http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new76_23200614236.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2006, 11:51:20 AM »

From the 2/13/06 Marietta Times:

Ormet’s severence offer not satisfactory to Union
Special to The Times

HANNIBAL — After sporadic negotiations over the last two weeks between Ormet Corp. management and United Steelworkers leadership, representatives from the USW said Ormet’s severance offer to about 500 rolling mill workers was unsatisfactory.

This statement came after two days of negotiations last week and another day of negotiations Thursday involving the rolling mill portion of Ormet’s operation which are the Hannibal facilities in Mornoe County now owned by aluminum maker Aleris International Inc.

"The only thing I really want to say is that we’re (Ormet and the union) miles apart," said USW official Denny Longwell from the union hall in St. Clairsville. "They’re offering a lump sum of money to divide among the people. It’s not a large amount of money, considering they’re losing their livelihood."

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http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new77_213200685127.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #11 on:** March 12, 2006, 11:19:20 AM »

From the 3/12/06 Dispatch:

Ex-Ormet workers’ futures uncertain
Technicality may deny financial help for people in training
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Paul Wilson
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

About 200 workers from the closed Ormet Corp. aluminum rolling mill in Hannibal might miss out on federal money normally provided to people who lose their jobs to international competition.

Employees in such cases must have worked 26 weeks in the final year that their employer operated to receive federal Trade Readjustment Assistance, which provides money to live on while learning a new trade.

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http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/03/12/20060312-H1-01.html

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #12 on:** May 03, 2006, 11:25:37 AM »

From the 4/28/06 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

Funds awarded for dislocated Ormet workers
By BETTY J. POKAS, Times Leader Area Editor

MORE THAN $2.4 million has been awarded by the Office of Workforce Development to serve dislocated workers from Ormet, according to state Rep. Jennifer Garrison.

Earmarked to serve the dislocated workers is $2,493.067.

The rapid response emergency assistance funds, part of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, will be used to support a program to serve the workers through June 30, 2008, according to a release from the state representative.

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http://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/story/0428202006_new02_ormet28.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2006, 06:40:35 AM »

From the AP, 7/1/06:

TENTATIVE CONTRACT
Deal to end long strike at Ormet
Saturday, July 01, 2006

HANNIBAL, Ohio (AP) — Aluminum maker Ormet Corp. and striking steelworkers said yesterday that they have reached a tentative deal to end a year-and-a-half strike at operations in southeastern Ohio.

About 1,300 United Steelworkers went on strike at two Ormet plants after the company received permission from a bankruptcy judge in 2004 to void its labor contracts with the union.

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http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/01/20060701-C2-05.html

noozer · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2006, 05:04:01 AM »

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/07/03/daily3.html

Ormet, steelworks reach deal to end strike
Business First of Columbus - 11:52 AM EDT Monday

Ormet Corp. and the United Steelworkers of America union have reached a tentative pact that may end a 19-month strike by about 1,500 workers at company plants in Hannibal, Ohio.

Details of the agreement were not disclosed, but the Canonsburg, Pa.-based aluminum maker said the proposed agreement includes a signing bonus, wage increases and profit sharing. Union workers hope to have the contract ratified by the end of the week, said USW spokesman Mark Shaw.

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buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #15 on:** July 05, 2006, 10:12:25 AM »

From the 7/4/06 Marietta Times:

Meetings planned to explain Ormet contract
By Kevin Pierson

It was announced Friday that the Ormet Corp. and striking union members had reached a tentative agreement on all outstanding issues. If approved by the union, the contract would end the steelworkers’ 19-month strike.

The two meetings, one in the morning and one in the evening, are intended to answer questions and provide insight into the contract for union members prior to a vote on the contract, said Jim Markus, vice president of USW 5724.

“All the aspects of the contract will be gone over with the membership body on (July) 14 at both meetings to explain the contract proposal,” Markus said.

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http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new43_742006124508.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #16 on:** July 12, 2006, 01:56:38 PM »

From the 7/12/06 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

Ormet pact vote set

STRIKING WORKERS at Ormet will hold a ratification vote on Sunday for a tenative agreement reached between Ormet and United Steelworkers of America negotiatiors.

USW Local 5724 will vote from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the local's union hall, located at 105 Union Drive in Clarington.

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http://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/story/0712202006_new04_ormet12.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #17 on:** July 18, 2006, 10:23:48 AM »

From the AP, 7/18/06:

Workers at Ormet OK contract, end strike
Tuesday, July 18, 2006

HANNIBAL, Ohio (AP) — A union representing workers at a southeastern Ohio mill owned by aluminum maker Ormet Corp. approved a contract that will end a year-and-a-half strike.

Terms of the contract were not immediately announced.

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http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/18/20060718-E3-04.html

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #18 on:** July 26, 2006, 11:04:00 AM »

From the 7/22/06 Marietta Times:

65 Ormet workers returning
By Kate York, kyork@mariettatimes.com

About 65 Ormet workers are expected to be back to work by mid-August, while hundreds more must wait until Ormet Corp. signs a new electrical service agreement for the plant in Hannibal.

A 20-month labor strike ended Sunday when the 900 members of the United Steelworkers of America Local 5724 in Clarington voted to approve a new contract with the company. Now most must wait until there is power in the company’s Hannibal aluminum reduction plant to head back to work.

“Right now, they’re looking at sending in a limited number of workers until there’s a power agreement,” said Mark Goddard, recording secretary for USWA Local 5724. “After the agreement, they’ll start trying to bring people back in larger numbers.”

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http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new33_722200623646.asp

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #19 on:** August 09, 2006, 01:35:59 PM »

From the 8/9/06 Dispatch:

Ormet workers get $2.4 million grant
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Paul Wilson
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

A technicality in federal law no longer will be an obstacle for about 100 workers who want to move on with their lives after Ormet Corp. closed its aluminum-rolling mill in Hannibal.

The Labor Department announced a $2.4 million National Emergency Grant yesterday that will provide those workers with money to live on while they’re learning a new trade.

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http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/08/09/20060809-D2-03.html

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2006, 01:58:51 PM »

From the 8/27/06 Parkersburg News and Sentinel:

Jobless rate on the rise
By BRAD BAUER

About 70 Ormet workers have returned to work since an agreement was reached last month ending a 20-month labor strike, but nearly 800 of the Hannibal plant’s steelworkers remain out of work as negotiations to secure a power agreement continues.

In the meantime, Monroe County, where Ormet is located, currently posts the state’s highest unemployment rate at 10.2 percent.

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http://newsandsentinel.com/articles.asp?articleID=8184

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #21 on:** October 02, 2006, 11:54:27 AM »

From the 9/29/06 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

Ormet issues settled

ORMET CORP. officials announced Thursday the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Ohio has approved a settlement between the United Steelworkers of America and Ormet, classified as the “reorganized debtor” in court documents.

The agreement has the unanimous support of the USW and the company’s unsecured creditors, Ormet said in in press release.

“This agreement resolves one of the last major issues remaining from the Ormet bankruptcy filing of 2004,” Jack Teitz, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

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http://timesleaderonline.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=3510

noozer · « **Reply #22 on:** October 22, 2006, 11:33:14 PM »

Aluminum plant in southeast Ohio to reopen
Bloomberg
Monday, October 23, 2006 5:33 AM

Ormet Corp., an aluminum producer that emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April, will restart production at the Hannibal smelter in Ohio after American Electric Power agreed to supply electricity.

The facility has been shut down for nearly two years after Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ormet declared bankruptcy and union workers were locked out in a dispute over cuts in benefits. The labor dispute was resolved in July, and Ormet had been negotiating with AEP on a deal to provide the power needed to run the smelter.

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http://dispatch.com/business/business.php?story=221389

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2006, 05:13:22 PM »

From the 11/1/06 Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register:

Hundred Workers Called Back
By MICHELLE BLUM

HANNIBAL — Two of Ormet’s potlines could be operating by December as a result of an $16 million interim loan, company officials announced Tuesday.

The firm has obtained the “bridge loan” from its majority shareholders, Matlin/Patterson and Mellon Bank, to accelerate the restart of the smelter at the Hannibal facility, according to a news release issued Tuesday afternoon.

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http://www.news-register.net/news/articles.asp?articleID=12283

From AP, 10/22/06:

Manufacturing layoffs hit village

WOODSFIELD, Ohio (AP) - The sign that used to greet workers at the aluminum plants that employed hundreds near this southeast Ohio village reads, "Looking forward to a new beginning."

William Covert, who put in 27 years at the Ormet plant, has the same sentiment, although his new beginning probably will happen elsewhere.

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http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=314875

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #24 on:** January 18, 2007, 11:52:40 AM »

From the AP, 12/15/06:

With power on, production soon to restart at long-dormant Ormet plant

HANNIBAL (AP) - The first new batches of aluminum will be poured next week at Ormet Corp.'s southeast Ohio plant months after the end of a year-and-a-half strike that shuttered the site, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.

The opening had been delayed while the company negotiated how much it would pay for power.

One of the plant's production lines will begin making aluminum Tuesday, and employees will continue preparing the other five to restart, spokeswoman Linda Regelman said.

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http://www.chillicothegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061215/NEWS01/612150318/1002/rss01

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #25 on:** April 26, 2007, 04:48:07 PM »

From the 4/26/07 Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register:

Former Mill Site May Be Sold
By CASEY JUNKINS

HANNIBAL — Ormet Corp. is negotiating a deal to sell its closed rolling mill in Hannibal.

“Right now, we are in negotiations with a potential buyer who has looked at the facility,” said Ken Campbell, chief executive officer of Ormet. “Although we are not sure of anything yet, the potential buyer seems very interested in the plant.”

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http://www.news-register.net/news/articles.asp?articleID=18933

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #26 on:** July 10, 2007, 05:23:02 PM »

From the 7/10/07 Martins Ferry Times Leader:

Ormet rolling mill acquired by New York firm
By CASEY JUNKINS, For The Time Leader

HANNIBAL — A community hurt by the closure of the of the Ormet Rolling Mill in 2005 now has something to look forward to, as at least 20-30 jobs with “very competitive” wages are on the way to Monroe County.

Hannibal Real Estate LLC — a steel plate storage and distribution company formerly based in White Planes, N.Y. — has acquired the rolling mill facility from Ormet Corp., according to Hannibal Real Estate Vice President Bob Schaal.

“We will be moving our entire operation into the Hannibal facility and are very excited about this opportunity,” he said.

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http://timesleaderonline.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=8333

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #27 on:** July 11, 2007, 04:42:24 PM »

From the 7/11/07 Marietta Times:

Real estate company buys former Ormet rolling mill facility
By Evan Bevins, ebevins@mariettatimes.com

A new company has purchased Ormet’s former Hannibal rolling mill facility and property and plans to hire about 30 people for a steel plate storage and distribution operation there.

Hannibal Real Estate LLC was formed specifically to purchase the plant, said Bob Schaal, one of the company’s owners. The portion of the facility and property not used in the steel operation likely will be leased to other companies, he said.

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http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/story/new77_7112007101402.asp

bengomez · « **Reply #28 on:** February 10, 2009, 12:58:47 AM »

Quote from: buildingcincinnati on November 13, 2005, 11:05:53 AM

Ormet plant to close; 600 layoffs

Aluminum maker Ormet Corp. announced Monday that it is closing its Hannibal, Ohio, rolling mill, laying off 500 hourly workers and 100 salaried employees. HOw is that now? this year??

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Author Topic: Hannibal: Ormet layoffs, strike (Read 7769 times)