CLEVELAND, OH-- Cliffs Natural Resources says its employees represented by the United Steelworkers Union at the Empire and Tilden mines have ratified a new labor contract.
The contract includes workers at the Hibbing Taconite and United Taconite mines in Minnesota.
The three-year deal is effective retroactive to October 1, 2015 and lasts through September 30, 2018. It covers about 2,000 USW-represented employees at Cliffs operations.
