NLRB Region 6 Approves $3.66 Million Settlement Resolving Langeloth Metallurgical Unfair Labor Practice Case

PITTSBURGH — On July 22, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board's Region 6 approved a settlement agreement resolving a long-running unfair labor practice case involving Langeloth Metallurgical Company, LLC. The settlement became effective upon approval by the Acting Regional Director and was reached following an Administrative Law Judge decision while the case was pending before the Board on exceptions. 
 
On July 16, 2025, Administrative Law Judge Sarah Karpinen found that while Langeloth Metallurgical Company, LLC, located in Langeloth, Pennsylvania reinstated some strikers after a long duration strike ended, the Company unlawfully failed to reinstate or delayed reinstating approximately 60 former strikers following the Union's unconditional offer to return to work in September 2021. The employees had engaged in an economic strike from approximately September 19, 2019, through August 16, 2021. 
 
Although the Administrative Law Judge's decision addressed approximately 60 former strikers, the settlement resulted from a compromise between the NLRB and Langeloth and provides monetary relief to 51 individuals whom the Region determined were eligible for reinstatement. 

Under the settlement, Langeloth will pay a total of $3,662,485 to the affected former strikers. The monetary relief includes backpay for lost wages, missed 401(k) contributions, reimbursable expenses, interest, compensation for the adverse tax consequences associated with lump-sum backpay awards, and front pay for former strikers who agreed to waive reinstatement.  Based on the front pay component no additional reinstatements are required under the settlement terms.  

In addition to the monetary relief, Langeloth agreed to correct the seniority dates for vacation accrual purposes of certain former strikers who were reinstated, post a Notice to Employees, and provide written notification to the affected former strikers that it has removed from its files any reference to its failure to reinstate or timely recall them to work. 
 

Acting Deputy General Counsel Lynisa B. Michalski commended the efforts of the parties and Region 6 staff in reaching a compromise resolution that remedies the violations found in the case.

"This settlement reflects the exceptional work of Region 6's staff in securing comprehensive relief for the affected employees," Michalski said. "The agreement provides 100 percent of the Region's calculated monetary damages to date, together with an additional $1.275 million in front pay for several former strikers who elected to waive immediate reinstatement. By working collaboratively, the Employer, the Union, and the former strikers reached a mutually agreeable resolution that delivers meaningful relief to employees now while avoiding years of costly and uncertain litigation." 

Regional Director Nancy Wilson also recognized the cooperative efforts of the parties in bringing the matter to a successful conclusion. 

"I want to thank Langeloth Metallurgical Company, the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), and UAW Local 1311 for their commitment to working together toward a mutually agreeable resolution," Wilson said. "By choosing to resolve this matter through settlement rather than years of continued litigation, the parties achieved a fair and meaningful outcome that provides substantial relief to the affected employees while bringing finality to a dispute that has been ongoing for several years." 

Region 6 staff who contributed to the successful resolution of the case include Regional Director Nancy Wilson, Assistant to the Regional Director Tara Yoest, Investigator Zaine Losk, and Board Attorneys Payton Gutierrez and Alex Figuly. 
 
The settlement resolves the allegations in the complaint and closes the case prior to a decision from the National Labor Relations Board.

Langeloth Metallurgical Company, LLC and International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) and its Local No. 1311, Case No. 06-CA-290184