皇冠体育-克利夫斯达到临时劳动协议与联合皇冠体育为其采矿和造粒业务

皇冠体育——(皇冠体育官网商业资讯)——CLEVELAND- cliffs Inc.(纽约证券交易所代码:CLF)今天宣布,它已与皇冠体育官网皇冠体育联合会(USW)就其传统采矿和造粒业务达成了一项新的47个月劳动合同的初步协议。该合同将于2022年10月1日生效,将覆盖明尼苏达州北部和密歇根州上半岛采矿和造粒地点的约2000名usw代表员工。

随着与USW谈判的第二部分也是最后一部分的成功结束,该公司现在已经达成了两项暂定的多年劳动协议,涵盖约14,000名USW代表员工,占其总员工的一半以上。

董事长、总裁兼首席执行官Lourenco Goncalves表示:“在不到两周的时间内达成第二份劳工协议,重申了我们与USW的伟大联盟。这也再次证实,我们非常清楚自己作为军事和汽车等关键领域客户的首选供应商的责任。我们已经两次展示了皇冠体育-克利夫斯为什么能把事情做好,以及我们是如何行事的:我们尊重、公平、私下地谈判。强大的劳动力对我们现在和未来的竞争力至关重要,我们期待着与USW合作伙伴继续共同取得成功。”

每项协议现在都有待USW当地工会成员的批准。在批准之前,公司不会提供进一步的细节。

关于皇冠体育-皇冠体育斯公司

皇冠体育-克利夫斯是北美最大的扁钢生产商。皇冠体育斯成立于1847年,是一家矿山运营商,也是北美最大的铁矿石球团制造商。公司从开采原料、直接还原铁、废铁到初级炼钢及下游精加工、冲压、工装、管材等垂直一体化。我们是北美汽车行业最大的钢铁供应商,由于我们提供全面的扁钢产品,我们为各种其他市场提供服务。皇冠体育-克利夫斯总部位于俄亥俄州皇冠体育,在皇冠体育官网和加拿大拥有约27,000名员工。

前瞻性陈述

This release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry or our businesses, are forward-looking statements. We caution investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Among the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those described in forward-looking statements are the following: continued volatility of steel, iron ore and scrap metal market prices, which directly and indirectly impact the prices of the products that we sell to our customers; uncertainties associated with the highly competitive and cyclical steel industry and our reliance on the demand for steel from the automotive industry, which has been experiencing a trend toward light weighting and supply chain disruptions, such as the semiconductor shortage, that could result in lower steel volumes being consumed; potential weaknesses and uncertainties in global economic conditions, excess global steelmaking capacity, oversupply of iron ore, prevalence of steel imports and reduced market demand, including as a result of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts or otherwise; severe financial hardship, bankruptcy, temporary or permanent shutdowns or operational challenges, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise, of one or more of our major customers, including customers in the automotive market, key suppliers or contractors, which, among other adverse effects, could lead to reduced demand for our products, increased difficulty collecting receivables, and customers and/or suppliers asserting force majeure or other reasons for not performing their contractual obligations to us; disruptions to our operations relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the heightened risk that a significant portion of our workforce or on-site contractors may suffer illness or otherwise be unable to perform their ordinary work functions; risks related to U.S. government actions with respect to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (as amended by the Trade Act of 1974), the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and/or other trade agreements, tariffs, treaties or policies, as well as the uncertainty of obtaining and maintaining effective antidumping and countervailing duty orders to counteract the harmful effects of unfairly traded imports; impacts of existing and increasing governmental regulation, including potential environmental regulations relating to climate change and carbon emissions, and related costs and liabilities, including failure to receive or maintain required operating and environmental permits, approvals, modifications or other authorizations of, or from, any governmental or regulatory authority and costs related to implementing improvements to ensure compliance with regulatory changes, including potential financial assurance requirements; potential impacts to the environment or exposure to hazardous substances resulting from our operations; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, our level of indebtedness and the availability of capital could limit our financial flexibility and cash flow necessary to fund working capital, planned capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes or ongoing needs of our business; our ability to reduce our indebtedness or return capital to shareholders within the currently expected timeframes or at all; adverse changes in credit ratings, interest rates, foreign currency rates and tax laws; the outcome of, and costs incurred in connection with, lawsuits, claims, arbitrations or governmental proceedings relating to commercial and business disputes, environmental matters, government investigations, occupational or personal injury claims, property damage, labor and employment matters, or suits involving legacy operations and other matters; uncertain cost or availability of critical manufacturing equipment and spare parts; supply chain disruptions or changes in the cost, quality or availability of energy sources, including electricity, natural gas and diesel fuel, or critical raw materials and supplies, including iron ore, industrial gases, graphite electrodes, scrap metal, chrome, zinc, coke and metallurgical coal; problems or disruptions associated with transporting products to our customers, moving manufacturing inputs or products internally among our facilities, or suppliers transporting raw materials to us; uncertainties associated with natural or human-caused disasters, adverse weather conditions, unanticipated geological conditions, critical equipment failures, infectious disease outbreaks, tailings dam failures and other unexpected events; disruptions in, or failures of, our information technology systems, including those related to cybersecurity; liabilities and costs arising in connection with any business decisions to temporarily or indefinitely idle or permanently close an operating facility or mine, which could adversely impact the carrying value of associated assets and give rise to impairment charges or closure and reclamation obligations, as well as uncertainties associated with restarting any previously idled operating facility or mine; our ability to realize the anticipated synergies and benefits of our recent acquisition transactions and to successfully integrate the acquired businesses into our existing businesses, including uncertainties associated with maintaining relationships with customers, vendors and employees and known and unknown liabilities we assumed in connection with the acquisitions; our level of self-insurance and our ability to obtain sufficient third-party insurance to adequately cover potential adverse events and business risks; challenges to maintaining our social license to operate with our stakeholders, including the impacts of our operations on local communities, reputational impacts of operating in a carbon-intensive industry that produces greenhouse gas emissions, and our ability to foster a consistent operational and safety track record; our ability to successfully identify and consummate any strategic capital investments or development projects, cost-effectively achieve planned production rates or levels, and diversify our product mix and add new customers; our actual economic mineral reserves or reductions in current mineral reserve estimates, and any title defect or loss of any lease, license, easement or other possessory interest for any mining property; availability of workers to fill critical operational positions and potential labor shortages caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as our ability to attract, hire, develop and retain key personnel; our ability to maintain satisfactory labor relations with unions and employees; unanticipated or higher costs associated with pension and OPEB obligations resulting from changes in the value of plan assets or contribution increases required for unfunded obligations; the amount and timing of any repurchases of our common shares; and potential significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.

有关影响Cliffs业务的其他因素,请参阅第I部分第1A项。截至2021年12月31日的10-K表格年度报告中的风险因素,以及向皇冠体育官网证券交易委员会提交的其他文件。

媒体联系人:Patricia Persico高级主管,企业传播(216)694-5316

投资者联系人:James Kerr投资者关系经理(216)694-7719

资料来源:Cleveland-Cliffs Inc。