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NiMo strike averted
Updated: 10/16/2004 10:44 PM
By: News 10 Now Staff
IBEW Local 97 and Niagara Mohawk have agreed to a tentative 42 month agreement, along with an extension until the end of the month with the current bargaining agreement.
This decision comes after nearly a week of threats to strike, and a decision by the union Friday, to vote down the latest contract offer.
Union President David Falletta says the union and NiMo made it back to the bargaining table thanks to some help from state politicians.
"Senator Clinton, Senator Schumer and many others went to bat for us to help us get back to the bargaining table. And once that ocurred and we sat down and began discussing the issues, the company and both local 97 found enough common ground to avert what would have been an absolute crisis and disaster at midnight"
Falletta says the strike was averted because Niagara Mohawk offered a better benefits package than in previous contract talks. He says he lends his full support to the new contract, and expects the union to vote on the contract later this week.
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