WORKERS WON'T STRIKE Special Metals Workers Vote In Favor Of New Contract
Reported by: Dave Benton
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Aug. 13, 2012 4:42 PM EDT
Updated: Aug. 13, 2012 10:33 PM EDT
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
The votes are in, and workers at Special Metals in Huntington will not strike.
Union representative Buddy McCallister told Eyewitness News that workers voted in favor of a new contract Monday. The measure passed with a total of 337 in favor to 144 against the proposed contract. This new contract starts immediately and will expire on August 7, 2015.
McCallister said this new contract is a "good thing for the workers, the plant and the community of Huntington."
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