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Bargaining Updates UFCW Local 1149 ratifies new contract with Tyson Foods in Perry, Iowa
Nearly a
thousand members of UFCW Local 1149 and workers at the Tyson Foods plant in
Perry, Iowa have ratified a new contract with the company.
--Establishes a $1.50 raise over 54 months. $.50 at ratification, $.15 in March ’08, $.25 in March ’09, $.25 in March ’10, $.25 in March ’11, and $.10 in March ’12 (Production, Building Maintenance Janitors and Maintenance Levels L5 – L8).
-- Establishes a "Maintenance Quick Start" program so that maintenance workers can move more quickly to higher levels of pay.
--Maintains affordable, quality health care by decreasing insurance costs with small changes in plan design. Perry workers will now have the same plan as Tyson workers in Joslin and Waterloo.
--Improvements in health, safety, and other working conditions.
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