<p>After a bargaining session that ran late into Tuesday night, contractors and representatives of Ironworkers Local 396 reached  a settlement calling  for a three-year agreement with $1.50 per year in wage increases and a 10 cent per year increase in contributions to training.</p>
<p><img alt="Ironworkers" class="image-right" height="216" src="/images/uploads/ironworkers.jpg" style="float: right;" width="183" />The Associated General Contractors of St. Louis issued this statement to its members. &ldquo;A tentative agreement was reached late yesterday between AGC of St. Louis/Erectors &amp; Riggers of St. Louis and Ironworkers Local 396.&nbsp; This tentative agreement is a three-year agreement that calls for a $1.50 per year increase in wages and fringes plus a $0.10 increase to training (CTAF).&nbsp; In addition, there are crew size and welders&rsquo; helper relief included in this agreement to help offset the wage/fringe increases.&nbsp; Wording is being finalized and should be available within a week."</p>
<p>Leonard Toenjes, president of AGC of St. Louis said, "Special thanks are due to the management members of the negotiating committee who put in many hard hours to obtain a settlement.&nbsp; Every effort was made to make changes to this agreement to improve competitiveness for our signatory contractors."<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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