alcoa negotiations

Alcoa said the interim agreement addresses the key issues in the negotiations that began on 17 May, Mick Wallis, President Alcoa's Employee Relations Council, said the agreement is fair and addresses of employees, the cost of Alcoa, and that the provisional agreement on the future good-paying jobs in the plants.

The new agreement must be confirmed in the USW members, but there is still no explanation for the Wenatchee Aluminum Trade Council, some 300 workers in the Wenatchee Works smelter in Malaga. Local 310 spokeswoman Jo Keyser said the union negotiating committee for approval to offer a constituency at any time before the vote takes place.The main issues in the negotiations involved in health care costs and benefits for new employees. Alcoa sought to eliminate retirement health benefits for defined benefit and a reduction in pay.