Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has reported that the members of Local 3403 of the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) representing the employees at the company’s facility in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, USA, have rejected an offer from management that included increased wages and other benefits. At this time the employees continue to work under a day-to-day extension of a prior agreement, which otherwise would have expired 31 August 2002. Mac McAninch, President and CEO, commented: “We are committed to working with the USWA to obtain an agreement for our Bridgeville employees.”