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After workers voted for strike action, union officials intervened on the grounds that the “company didn’t have any more to give” and tried to scare workers with a possible closure of the plant.

Roughly 500 steel workers in Shelby, Ohio walked off the job after ArcelorMittal representatives ended negotiations.

Employees want higher wages The union employees have demanded higher wages and lower health care premiums, according to a previous Times-Gazette report. The average wage rate for employees is between $19 to $25 an hour. Workers also want to bridge the gap between the "two-tier system" of wages. Tier two employees, generally, are paid a lower wage than tier-one employees who have worked at the company for several years, according to a previous Times-Gazette report.  "This is the second time the...