PITTSBURGH, May 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The United
Steelworkers (USW) today said that on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, about 200 locked-out
workers from the ABI aluminum smelter in Bécancour, Quebec, will demonstrate outside Alcoa's
(NYSE: AA) annual shareholders meeting at the Hotel Fairmont
Pittsburgh.
ABI, a joint venture between majority-owner Alcoa and Rio Tinto,
locked out some 1,030 members of USW Local 9700 on Jan. 11, 2018. The union will send proxy-holding
delegates into the meeting to raise questions about the 16-month
lockout with the company's shareholders and top executives.
The group will assemble at USW international headquarters before
marching to the Fairmont for the rally at 9:30 a.m., where the union will hold a short news
conference for reporters at 9:40
a.m.
Later Wednesday morning, the locked-out workers also will
demonstrate at Alcoa and Arconic headquarters in Pittsburgh.
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WHO:
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About 200
locked-out USW Local 9700 members from Alcoa's ABI aluminum smelter
in Bécancour, Quebec; local and international union
leaders
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WHAT:
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March from USW
headquarters to rally outside Alcoa's annual shareholders
meeting
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WHEN:
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Wednesday, May 8,
2019 - Rally from 9:30 until 10 a.m., news briefing at 9:40
a.m.
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WHERE:
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Hotel Fairmont
Pittsburgh, 510 Market Street, Pittsburgh
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More information, contact:
Clairandrée Cauchy, (Montreal),
514-774-4001, ccauchy@metallos.ca
Tony Montana (Pittsburgh), 412-562-2592,
tmontana@usw.org
Bob Gallagher (Toronto), 416-544-5966, bgallagher@usw.ca
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