Over 1,000 Allegheny Technologies steelworkers vote to authorize strike Steelworkers at specialty steel manufacturer Allegheny Technologies (ATI) in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, located about 20 miles outside of Pittsburgh, voted to authorize a possible strike by an overwhelming 95 percent majority on Friday night. The 1,300 workers who voted on the authorization are members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union. The USW claims that ATI has proposed a four-year contract that will cut workers’ wages, overtime pay and health insurance, make scheduling worse for workers, and expand the use of contract labor. Workers at the Brackenridge facility have not had their wages increased since 2014, over half a decade, according to the union, and workers are also threatened with layoffs. ATI plans to eliminate up to 200 jobs in the Alle-Kiski region by the summer of this year and close the melt shop at the Brackenridge facility.