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width-priority"/><div>No layoffs</div></div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><div id="w-node-_4c360681-9278-7f2b-2249-17896066a562-10259eb6" class="display-flex-horizontal"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65cbf88db1ff4e56216e2259_icon-pension.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base width-priority"/><div>Your pension is safe (and is currently overfunded)</div></div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><div id="w-node-_9a223e98-dd53-5027-fa67-ecbd369a7d67-10259eb6" class="display-flex-horizontal"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65cbf7211ff48e15de3e2e71_icon-healthcare.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base width-priority"/><div>Premium-free healthcare continues</div></div></div><div id="w-node-_5a44633f-ebff-13c3-d9e2-13c85487affa-10259eb6"><div id="w-node-_62fae32c-6a99-2753-82b1-f3c1602f3ca9-10259eb6" class="display-flex-horizontal long-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/6723b1f72440a1cc5d009cc4_icon-benefits.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base width-priority"/><div>Represented members will continue receiving their paychecks, profit sharing and benefits from U. S. Steel</div></div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><div id="w-node-b9b0a9f3-ec87-073f-f1d6-89eeb6723308-10259eb6" class="display-flex-horizontal long-block"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65b1714b9fe2d2e02a97cc88_icon-key-1.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base width-priority"/><div>No changes to USW collective bargaining agreements, as well as average pay and benefit package for USW-represented employees which currently stands at $133,000 per year</div></div></div></div><div class="divider"></div><h2>NSC AND U. S. STEEL SHARE:</h2><div class="spacer-small"></div><div class="w-layout-grid grid-5-columns text-size-medium"><div id="w-node-_70ded279-b1e7-05bf-fe8c-94bb3633a6cf-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/659d5fa822679427a6e852e4_icon-checkmark.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-small"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>An <span class="text-weight-extrabold">established history</span> with union-represented employees</div></div><div id="w-node-_81d16a02-7129-6253-09be-88fec9eb4759-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/659d5fa822679427a6e852e4_icon-checkmark.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-small"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>An <span class="text-weight-extrabold">unwavering commitment</span> to safety</div></div><div id="w-node-_790ae222-8ad8-1fc5-ac33-f64e8aeb2d19-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/659d5fa822679427a6e852e4_icon-checkmark.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-small"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>A <span class="text-weight-extrabold">dedication</span> to being an engaged member of communities</div></div><div id="w-node-f658d472-e9ee-a209-3fba-4e1b17c30a00-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/659d5fa822679427a6e852e4_icon-checkmark.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-small"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>A <span class="text-weight-extrabold">tradition</span> of providing excellent products and services with best-in-class technology</div></div><div id="w-node-_1a98e198-4c44-18f8-e06d-658d8ed08089-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/659d5fa822679427a6e852e4_icon-checkmark.svg" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-small"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>A <span class="text-weight-extrabold">commitment</span> to decarbonize by 2050</div></div></div></div></section><section id="future" class="section"><div class="w-layout-blockcontainer container w-container"><h2>Financial Commitments from Nippon Steel</h2><div class="spacer-small"></div><div class="w-layout-grid grid-3-columns text-size-medium"><div id="w-node-_5135bc65-a55d-8c52-fb56-834ccc3b0630-10259eb6"><div class="font-family-header text-size-extralarge text-color-light-blue">$1 Billion Investment</div><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>in Mon Valley Works to replace and / or upgrade the existing hot strip mill and other facilities.</div></div><div id="w-node-_251626cc-b4d6-2b23-0d07-8abe3d3930a8-10259eb6"><div class="font-family-header text-size-extralarge text-color-light-blue">~$300M investment</div><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>to revamp Blast Furnace #14 at Gary Works, extending its life by up to 20 years</div></div><div id="w-node-a9f76106-44ee-a933-8924-0cb39b8b403e-10259eb6"><div class="font-family-header text-size-extralarge text-color-light-blue">$1.4 billion commitment</div><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>for maintenance and other investments in existing BLA-covered facilities</div></div></div><div class="spacer"></div><div class="text-align-center"><blockquote class="text-size-large">“The[se] investments…will help make <span class="display-inline-block">U. 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Steel’s</span> blast furnace facilities more productive and more environmentally sustainable as we seek to provide the highest-quality American-made steel products to American customers, fueled by American workers, while also securing American steel supply for the future.” </blockquote><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><div class="font-family-header text-size-large text-color-light-blue">Takahiro Mori</div><div class="font-family-header text-size-base">Representative Director and Vice Chairman of Nippon Steel Corporation</div></div><div id="quick" class="spacer-medium"></div><h2 class="text-align-center color-dk-blue">Quick Links</h2><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><div data-delay="10000" data-animation="slide" class="primary-slider w-slider" data-autoplay="true" data-easing="ease" data-hide-arrows="false" data-disable-swipe="false" data-autoplay-limit="0" data-nav-spacing="3" data-duration="500" data-infinite="true"><div class="w-slider-mask"><div class="w-slide"><div class="slide-content"><div class="slider-block text-size-large"><div>Eiji Hashimoto, President, NSC and Takahiro Mori, Executive Vice President, NSC wrote about their plans to grow <span class="display-inline-block">U. 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Steel</span> in <em>The Wall Street Journal</em></div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><a data-wf--button--variant="blue-outline-w-blue-text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/our-plan-to-grow-u-s-steel-b9af6858" target="_blank" class="button w-variant-43910c16-6064-eadc-3f68-0ee9e47be5a6 w-inline-block"><div>read their Op-Ed here</div><div class="button_icon-wrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/657d160cb8e1715fec8af077_External%20Link_nav_icon.svg" loading="lazy" width="Auto" height="Auto" alt=""/></div></a></div></div></div><div class="w-slide"><div class="slide-content"><div class="slider-block text-size-large"><div>Takahiro Mori, Representative Director and Vice Chairman of Nippon Steel Corporation, Letter to USW-Represented Employees 9.23.24</div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><a data-wf--button--variant="blue-outline-w-blue-text" href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/66f1b70dcb9283ad0c1fddd3_Mori-San%20Letter%20to%20Employees%209.23.24.pdf" target="_blank" class="button w-variant-43910c16-6064-eadc-3f68-0ee9e47be5a6 w-inline-block"><div>read letter here</div><div class="button_icon-wrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/659d686347b39872856a14c5_icon-download.svg" loading="lazy" width="Auto" height="Auto" alt=""/></div></a></div></div></div><div class="w-slide"><div class="slide-content"><div class="slider-block text-size-large"><div>Takahiro Mori, Representative Director and Vice Chairman of Nippon Steel Corporation, Letter to USW-Represented Employees 9.4.24</div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><a data-wf--button--variant="blue-outline-w-blue-text" href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/66d8baf8be1fd0550d02cc86_Mori-san%20Letter%20to%20Employees%209.4.24.pdf" target="_blank" class="button w-variant-43910c16-6064-eadc-3f68-0ee9e47be5a6 w-inline-block"><div>read letter here</div><div class="button_icon-wrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/659d686347b39872856a14c5_icon-download.svg" loading="lazy" width="Auto" height="Auto" alt=""/></div></a></div></div></div></div><div class="left-arrow quick-arrow w-slider-arrow-left"><div class="w-icon-slider-left"></div></div><div class="right-arrow quick-arrow w-slider-arrow-right"><div class="w-icon-slider-right"></div></div><div class="quick-nav w-slider-nav w-slider-nav-invert w-round"></div></div><div class="spacer-medium"></div><div><div><a data-wf--button--variant="blue-with-icon" href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65b19bc570af41ffed6cbb4d_USS%20-%20NSC%20USW%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf" target="_blank" class="button w-variant-d764a1d6-effb-b095-0585-4e610293a620 w-inline-block"><div>Download PDF</div><div class="button_icon-wrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/659d686347b39872856a14c5_icon-download.svg" loading="lazy" width="Auto" height="Auto" alt=""/></div></a><div class="spacer-slight"></div><h2>Nippon Steel Transaction with U. S. Steel Secures Long-Term Future of Union Jobs</h2><div class="spacer-slight"></div><p class="paragraph-xl">Nippon Steel Corporation (NSC) is committed to partnering with the United Steelworkers (USW): Will honor all USW agreements and recognize the USW as the bargaining representative for USW-represented employees at closing</p><div class="spacer-small"></div></div></div><div class="content-boxed"><h3>KEY THINGS TO KNOW</h3><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><div class="w-layout-grid grid-3-columns text-size-medium"><div id="w-node-d4d10a26-c56c-a66b-0ebb-8d97d40c4145-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65b1714b9fe2d2e02a97cc88_icon-key-1.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>No changes to existing collective bargaining agreements</div></div><div id="w-node-d4d10a26-c56c-a66b-0ebb-8d97d40c4149-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65b17153214713bbeb7601c0_icon-key-2.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>Represented members will continue receiving their paychecks, profit sharing and benefits from U. S. Steel</div></div><div id="w-node-d4d10a26-c56c-a66b-0ebb-8d97d40c414d-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65b1715fd60fedddd506bf46_icon-key-3.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>The U. S. Steel brand, operating and customer base, and headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, all to continue</div></div><div id="w-node-d4d10a26-c56c-a66b-0ebb-8d97d40c4151-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65b171698dcae04f2758b377_icon-key-4.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>No change to profit sharing or existing benefits</div></div><div id="w-node-d4d10a26-c56c-a66b-0ebb-8d97d40c4155-10259eb6"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/657c753df917ef83a31f840c/65b171725a43398f91f575a5_icon-key-5.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="icon-base"/><div class="spacer-slight"></div><div>Expands NSC’s existing strong relationship with the USW, as they already have approximately 620 USW-represented employees in the United States</div></div></div></div><div id="questions" class="spacer-medium"></div><div class="employee-top-questions"><h3>Top Questions</h3><div class="spacer-small"></div><div class="w-layout-grid grid-2-columns"><div id="w-node-_04a50be6-2e29-43a2-22db-dd137695dd29-10259eb6"><div class="text-size-large text-weight-semibold">What does this mean for represented employees?</div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><ul role="list" class="list-primary text-size-primary"><li>This announcement will not impact day-to-day operations and all CBAs remain in effect.</li><li>This transaction will not change existing collective bargaining agreements, and union members will continue receiving their paychecks, profit sharing and benefits as normal.</li><li>U. S. Steel will retain its iconic name and headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reinforcing its commitment to customers, local communities, and employees. </li><li>Premium-free healthcare</li></ul></div><div id="w-node-_762a64d0-a439-e71d-f1f9-158434c6165e-10259eb6"><div class="text-size-large text-weight-semibold">Does NSC recognize the USW and assume the existing BLA?</div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><ul role="list" class="list-primary text-size-primary"><li>NSC is committed to honoring the Basic Labor Agreement (BLA) between <span class="display-inline-block">U. S. Steel</span> and the USW and recognizes the USW as the bargaining representative for represented employees.</li><li>NSC has the financial wherewithal and desire to honor all existing agreements with the USW. </li></ul></div><div id="w-node-_1273dc7a-bb01-c9f0-8df1-ed0fdb95f7da-10259eb6"><div class="text-size-large text-weight-semibold">Does the USW have the right to veto the transaction with NSC?</div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><ul role="list" class="list-primary text-size-primary"><li>Neither the USW nor their previously announced assignee, Cleveland-Cliffs, has the right to veto a bid accepted by the Board because NSC complied with the BLA requirements by agreeing to assume all existing collective bargaining agreements and to recognize the USW as the bargaining representative for USW-represented employees.</li></ul></div><div id="w-node-c432d9d5-90cc-7a99-5dde-03e607da57ec-10259eb6"><div class="text-size-large text-weight-semibold">Does the USW have topping rights?</div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><ul role="list" class="list-primary text-size-primary"><li>There are no topping rights included in any of the BLAs, meaning the USW does not have the right to “top” a bid accepted by the Board under the BLA. </li></ul></div><div id="w-node-_60bb9ced-fde7-619b-dc0b-a22ec47c5060-10259eb6"><div class="text-size-large text-weight-semibold">What is the 45-day window and when did it start?</div><div class="spacer-extrasmall"></div><ul role="list" class="list-primary text-size-primary"><li>U. 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