Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Walker Machinery Continues Operations During Contract Negotiations
WEST VIRGINIA....
Walker Machinery Vice President Andy Southworth said Monday that International Union of Operating Engineers Local 132 workers voted down their latest contract offer, but the company and the union are continuing negotiations in good faith and everyone is still on the job. Workers at the Belle facility voted down a proposed three year contract again Friday after rejecting the first offer November 3rd. The Union represents nearly 200 of Walker's 700 workers. Workers say the contract presented Friday would have raised health insurance premiums and given workers a 25 cents per hour raise in the first year and a 40 cents per hour raise the following two years.
Walker Machinery Vice President Andy Southworth said Monday that International Union of Operating Engineers Local 132 workers voted down their latest contract offer, but the company and the union are continuing negotiations in good faith and everyone is still on the job. Workers at the Belle facility voted down a proposed three year contract again Friday after rejecting the first offer November 3rd. The Union represents nearly 200 of Walker's 700 workers. Workers say the contract presented Friday would have raised health insurance premiums and given workers a 25 cents per hour raise in the first year and a 40 cents per hour raise the following two years.
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