Union workers at Thomas Steel to make counteroffer Wednesday

WARREN — Striking workers at Thomas Steel Strip plan to make a counteroffer Wednesday after rejecting a proposed labor contract from the company.

The counteroffer will not include the company’s attempt to change work rules and eliminate 50 jobs or about 20 percent of the hourly work force, said Mike Boyle, president of United Steelworkers of America Local 3253.

About 260 union members have been striking the steel processer since July, but the plant has continued to operate with replacement workers.

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