Final List of Outstanding Grievances of Steelworkers Local 2251 Numbers Over 3-thousand

The final list of outstanding grievances filed by Steelworker Local 2251 in meeting a court ordered deadline earlier this month numbers over three thousand.  That number would have been higher but Local 2251 President Mike Daprat says hundreds of general nature policy grievances were pulled…

Justice Frank Newbould overseeing the restructuring process for Essar Steel Algoma sided with the steelmaker in approving an expedited process in dealing with the grievances by the end of August and the union was facing a tight deadline to submit a final list of outstanding grievances by an April 11th deadline. DaPrat remains very critical of the process…

DaPrat accuses Essar Steel Algoma is taking advantage of the workers through the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act. The union had filed a stay of the order in the Ontario Court of Appeal but was unsuccessful.