Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. reported that it has agreed with Local 2332-2 of the United Steelworkers to a seventeen-day continuance of the collective bargaining agreement covering the hourly production and maintenance employees at the Company?s North Jackson facility, subject to a 7-day termination notice by either party. The continuance provides additional time to negotiate a mutually acceptable labor agreement. During the continuance, the employees will work under the terms and conditions of the prior agreement, which otherwise would have expired at midnight on June 30, 2024.

The North Jackson facility melts VIM quality specialty steel and nickel alloy products, as well as doing VAR remelting. The facility also operates a hydraulic radial forge that produces bars and forged blocks.