Union to vote on new KapStone offer
Source: TDN
By Marissa Luck
Just two days after KapStone mill workers authorized an unfair labor practice strike, union leaders Friday said they will bring another company contract offer to a membership vote.
Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. Informational sessions will be held at 7:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. each of those days at the union hall, 724 15th Ave. in Longview, according to a letter sent to mill workers by the union bargaining board.
The letter did not describe how the latest company offer differs from two others that members have already rejected. KapStone declined to comment and union officials did not respond to requests for comment.
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. and Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers Local 153 have been bargaining for a new contract for more than a year. Mill workers have previously rejected two contract offers that would have increased health insurance costs, changed seniority rules and set limits on box plant workers ability to transfer to often higher-paying mill positions.
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