Bargaining Updates
December 14, 2007


Workers in Liberal, Kansas reach agreement with National Beef

 

More than 2700 workers of UFCW Local 2 have ratified a new deal with National Beef in Liberal, Kansas.

 

The agreement maintains health and welfare benefits, and retirement security benefits. The new agreement will also:

 

--include for certain employees nine minutes of paid time for donning and doffing.

 

--include the eight hours paid for holidays in the computation of overtime (except Saturday holidays)

 

--add a fifth week of vacation for workers who have twenty five years of service.