Saturday, June 26th Update
We have finally finished contract negotiations and the contract was voted on today. There were 204 members at the meeting but not all members could vote because some of them owed money and were not eligible but the contract was ratified. We received an increase of 1.75% for all classifications which adds up to an increase of .85 for mechanics and all classifications accordingly. The peridium rate went up to $60. per day for 80 miles from the radius. The vote was about 119 to 51 in favor of ratifying the contract. The duration of the contract is for 1 year and we will be in negotiations again after the first of the year 2011. We hope to get a better contract then because the economy should be turning around by then. There are other locals in the Western States such as Las Vegas and San Francisco negotiating contracts now and this is a bad economy to try to negotiate a good contract. Since our economy is in such bad shape right now, I guess we are doing good to get any increase at this time. We decided to ask for a 1 year contract so as to not get locked into a bad three year contract.
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