YORKVILLE - Members of the United Steelworkers Local 1223 are being urged to attend a special meeting Tuesday at the union hall in Yorkville.
Dolores Lopez of the local union said all 323 union members are encouraged to attend a special membership meeting at 10 a.m. or 3 p.m.
"Our union leadership will be discussing the possible startup of the Severstal Yorkville plant operations that has been shut down since May," said Lopez.
She declined to discuss additional details until after the union membership meeting.
Most of the Severstal steelmaking operations in the Ohio Valley have been shut down for several months.
Severstal idled the furnaces and other facilities at its Steubenville South plant at Mingo Junction about 13 months ago and has run its Martins Ferry finishing line for a brief period over the summer to complete an order. The coke plant at Follansbee continues to operate at a reduced level of production and employment.
The company has said several times during the past year that it would restart units only if demand indicated the production would be needed. It has idled its mill at Warren and continues to operate units at Dearborn, Mich., and Sparrows Point, Md.
The Yorkville plant is a steel finishing operation.
A telephone message left for a Severstal spokesperson was not returned.
(Gossett can be contacted at dgossett@heraldstaronline.)
