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How Sweet It Is! New HersHershey, Pa—BCTGMratified a new contrastrike against HershUnion negotiators ledent Bob Oakley, reaprimary concerns of“Our members inprotect their hard woInternational President Frank Hurt. “Mshowed what a union can do for workiserved, their benefits increased, and aunderstands the importance of solidariopinion and they were finally able to bparties so business can return to normaThe new contract which runs until Oincreasing the amount of co-pays for he$525.00 bonus, secured protection of tand provided for wage increases of $1.“The company and the Union reachepledged to work together and return thWe had mutual concerns to address anvery hard to overcome those differencecome,” concludes Oakley.The spirit of solidarity is alive and w8BCTGM News
hey Contract Ends Strike!Local 464 members overwhelminglyct 1,848 to 226 ending a 44-dayy Foods, Inc. The company andd by BCTGM International Vice presichedan agreement that protects themembers, especially health care.Hershey did what they had to do ton benefits,” notes BCTGMore importantly, these workersg families; their health care was prenewgeneration of workers nowty. There were honest differences ofe bridged to the satisfaction of bothl,” reflects Hurt.ctober of 2005 held the line onalth care premiums, offered ahe supplemental retirement account,81 over the life of the agreement.d across the table, shook hands ande people to work as fast as possible.d the company and the Union workeds and we are pleased with the outellin Hershey, Pa.!May/June 2002 www.bctgm.org 9
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