Custom Hoists union counter offer fails; strike continues
Employees want higher wages The union employees have demanded higher wages and lower health care premiums, according to a previous Times-Gazette report. The average wage rate for employees is between $19 to $25 an hour. Workers also want to bridge the gap between the "two-tier system" of wages. Tier two employees, generally, are paid a lower wage than tier-one employees who have worked at the company for several years, according to a previous Times-Gazette report. "This is the second time the USW has rejected fair, if not generous, offers made by the company for a new labor contract," Kuhar...
Source: times-gazette.com