The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 1943 ratified a two-year contract with AK Steel, the third largest employer in Butler County, Ohio. Seventeen hundred workers at AK Steel’s plant in Middletown will be covered under the new contract, starting on March 15. CEO Roger Newport said that the company is pleased with the settlement and that it provides a competitive labor contract and will be beneficial to both labor and management.
See "Union approves new labor agreement at AK Steel Middletown facility", Eric Schwartzberg, Journal News, March 14, 2018