Remington s union, new owners are at the negotiating table
Ilion, Herkimer County plant was purchased out of bankruptcy
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Remington s new owners are now in negotiations with the union.Times Union file photo
ILION - The union representing laid off employees of the Remington Arms gun factory here says they are now in negotiations with the plant’s new owners.
The United Mine Workers had in December complained that RemArms, the new company that purchased the historic factory out of bankruptcy, had been reaching out directly to former employees with job offers.
UMW officials at the time said that was probably unlawful, given the existing contracts in place when the company’s old owners went into bankruptcy proceedings last year. Since then, the two sides have come to the table and are negotiating, said union spokesman Phil Smith.