I don't really know that guys would not be 'welcomed' into the fray. Most who are paused and intelligent may 'hate the game, but not the player.' Its my way of saying that new-hired guys are not taking someones job, or scabs, or anything else along those lines. This issue does not even concern them at this point and is one of a bad decision from the parent corporation, or more so its president, to withold re-employment to those who took jobs at ATI.
You should (IMO) base your decison on a job at ABX....or any other place....on the facts of the job itself and not the passing antics that occur between its union and management.