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RHI Monofrax strike could end soon after one union approves contract
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http://www.buffalonews.com/business/rhi-monofrax-strike-could-end-soon-after-one-union-approves-contract-20150202
By Matt Glynn | News Business Reporter
on February 2, 2015 - 4:06 PM
One of two unions on strike for four months at RHI Monofrax in Falconer has voted to go back to work, and the other union is about to cast ballots.
Members of an International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers local “overwhelmingly” ratified a five-year agreement with the company on Friday, said Peter Cooney, business representative. Its 14 workers are set to return to their jobs on Feb. 9.
Cooney said the members “consider the strike a success in that the serious financial burden regarding health care, that the company was trying to shift to the workers, has been tempered. The cost of the insurance will now be cheaper than pre-strike and the increase in premium share will be spread over five years instead of three years.”
FULL story at link.