ATI lays off salaried workers in corporate, specialty metals operations
Allegheny Technologies Inc. issued layoffs Thursday, but not at its Allegheny Ludlum plate mill in Canton Township or its Houston location.
Dan Greenfield, a spokesman at ATI headquarters in Pittsburgh, said salaried employees were laid off at the corporate level and in the specialty materials and components segment. Most corporate layoffs will be in Pittsburgh, he added.
Greenfield would not say how many employees were notified, adding that more details will be provided Tuesday, when the company releases third-quarter results. Last week, ATI projected third-quarter losses at between $142 million and $148 million.
ATI, dealing with a difficult global market, has 12 facilities in four states, including three plants in the Allegheny Valley: Gilpin, Harrison and Vandergrift.
About 2,200 employees, including 200 at the Canton Township plant – all members of the United Steelworkers – have been locked out by the company since Aug. 15. Until then, they had been working under terms of a contract that had expired June 30. The two sides had been negotiating on a new contract.