Union workers at Y-12 agree to contract extension

Union workers at Y-12 agree to contract extension
April 06, 2013 10:41 EDT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Union workers at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge have ratified a one-year contract extension that includes a 2.5 percent wage increase.

Steve Jones, president of the Atomic Trades and Labor Council, confirmed to the Knoxville News Sentinel (http://bit.ly/XvyoVj ) that the contract was ratified on Friday night, but he declined to release the vote totals. The agreement was reached with B&W Y-12, the managing contractor at Y-12.

Although the current labor agreement wasn't due to expire until June 22, the federal National Nuclear Security Administration authorized the management to negotiate an extension earlier to avoid problems with an upcoming change of management at the plant.

The NNSA earlier this year awarded a $22 billion contract to Consolidated Nuclear Security to operate Y-12 and another plant in Texas.

Information from: Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com

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