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Honeywell, Steelworkers Union Reach Agreement

Honeywell, Steelworkers Union Reach Agreement
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Mar. 27, 2015 | METROPOLIS, IL
By West Kentucky Star Staff Mar. 27, 2015 | 06:49 PM | METROPOLIS, IL
The United Steelworkers Union and Honeywell representatives have reached an agreement on a new contract.

Honeywell spokesman Peter Dalpe said in a Friday statement that the union has voted to ratify the settlement that was reached last week, ending the work stoppage at Honeywell’s Metropolis facility. 

As part of the deal, wages will increase 2 percent each year over the term of the contract. Union employees will continue to participate in the company’s consumer-driven healthcare plan, and the company gains the flexibility to use qualified contractors for maintenance work at the plant.  

Here is the company’s statement on the agreement:

“We are pleased that the union membership has ratified a new three-year contact. We believe it is a fair and equitable agreement that satisfies all of the company’s bargaining objectives. This includes terms that provide the plant with flexibility needed to sustain its economic viability.   Along with the new contract, the company and union have agreed on a plan on how union members will return to work over the next two months. This plan is needed, in part, to allow for retraining and recertification required by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.   

The plant is currently in a maintenance shutdown but will be returning to production on or about April 1. The plant will continue to be operated by trained and qualified salary and contingent workers until union members return to those positions.”

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