Sappi union workers ratify new contract, avert strike
Union workers at Sappi ratified a new three-year contract that called for higher wages, lump sum payments and enhanced retirement benefits.
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Union workers at Sappi ratified a new three-year contract that called for higher wages, lump sum payments and enhanced retirement benefits.
The union wants higher pay and better health care options for workers, and members have given the authorization to strike if necessary.
Despite what their leaders say, Republican legislators have not been supportive "every step of the way."
Contrary to the opinion expressed in a recent column, it has been Democrats and the Mills administration who have been trying to remove the the dam all along, the GOP Senate leader writes.
We need all representatives of the people to come together for one common purpose: relicense the Shawmut Dam and save 96% of Atlantic salmon on the Kennebec River.