Over 1,200 workers are on strike after they did not agree with a new contract offer.

The union president, Frank Crowder, said many workers voted on the contract on Tuesday.

About 91% of workers voted, and 79% said no to the contract. The union president said this was a big turnout.

Workers want higher pay and a say in a program that gives extra money for meeting targets.

The company is not paying workers enough to keep up with rising prices.

A worker named Michael Schram said he does not earn enough to live.

Schram said the company makes a lot of money, but workers do not get enough.

Schram also said that workers' retirement pay is not enough.

Many workers are over 60 and cannot retire because they do not have enough money.

The company has a program that pays workers extra if they meet targets, but it is not fair.

In the past, this program was fair, but now the targets are too high, and workers cannot meet them.

Workers went on strike for 41 days in 2023 and got a 13% pay rise.

Some workers did not get the extra pay for many months, so they lost a lot of money.

National Steel Car is one of several companies in the area that has been charged over worker deaths.

The union wants the government to do something about the bad conditions at National Steel Car.

The union president said that the extra pay program is not fair and workers are losing money.

Workers have to work too hard and skip breaks to meet targets, which is not safe.

The union thinks that the extra pay program is connected to the deaths and injuries of workers.

Three workers died in less than two years, and one was badly hurt in 2022.

The union wants to protect workers from the extra pay program, which they think is dangerous.

The union is willing to talk to the company again, but the company stopped talking during negotiations.

National Steel Car did not comment because their spokesperson was not available.