Strikers Urged to Approve Northrop Deal

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

Associated Press
Strikers Urged to Approve Northrop Deal
By ROSS DELLENGER 04.03.07, 5:34 PM ET

Union leaders are urging striking workers at the Northrop Grumman shipyard in Pascagoula to end a nearly four-week walkout by approving the company's new contract proposal.

Workers will vote Wednesday on the latest version of the contract, which the AFL-CIO called a "tentative agreement."

"We believe this agreement addresses the entire range of concerns from the members and their families and we're recommending a yes vote," Ron Ault, national president of AFL-CIO's Metal Trades Department, said in a statement Tuesday.

Under the proposal, workers at Northrop Grumman (nyse: NOC - news - people )'s Ingalls shipyard - Mississippi's largest private employer - would get a raise of $2.78 an hour over the next three years. That is $1.22 less than the amount workers originally sought, but 18 cents more than the company's previous proposal.

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[The Sushi Bandit]

1. I worked there in the 70's

For 6 1/2 years. went on strike once. Started at $3.65 adn hour we got $5.40 after the strike