Union workers at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth approved a new four-year contract Sunday, ending a monthlong lockout and three months of bitter negotiations, officials said.
Local 369 of the Utility Worker Union of America voted, 141 to 67, to ratify the contract, which is effective retroactive to May 16, when the previous contract ended, according to Dan Hurley, the union’s president. The details of the agreement were not immediately available Sunday afternoon, although Entergy Corp., the Louisiana-based owner of the plant, said that it included guaranteed wage increases, a company-matching 401(k) plan, and other benefits.
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Everyone should read the Walkerton( Ontario) Inquiry to understand why a for-profit utility ,whose main concern is MONEY, must have an experienced and knowledgeable work force. When owners of the Walkerton Water Company failed to shut down their plant when bacteria readings were in the dangerous levels it proved deadly for some people. 4 died and many became sick because safety was secondary to profits. That was a water company!! Think of the disaster that would occur with a NUCLEAR company. We have a neighboring state whose motto is--"Live Free or Die"--Massachusetts better have a motto of "Regulate or Die".